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India banned TikTok in 2020, so this conversation has been going on way before the current conflict in Gaza. Not everything is a conspiracy related to the issues you care about.


What I listed above are facts, not a conspiracy, you are welcome to look them up.

> India banned TikTok

I don’t know much about India and I’m talking about the US, but I know India has a law to control the contents of social media and requires these companies to hire local employees that will be held as “hostages” if the content in question is not removed, something Elon mentioned few times too about twitter in India.

> before the current conflict in Gaza.

The war on Gaza has been going for more than 16years and the Palestinians issue for more than 70years. You can read more about the issue here (1) Additionally, when the senators invited TikTok CEO last year, several senators (and I remember Ted Cruz specifically) mentioned the anti-israel contents back then, which you can also look it up, it’s just you don’t pay attention or lack the ability to connect the dots.

(1) https://ifamericansknew.org


They are not facts. Can you show that these organizations are actively influencing the short-video algorithms that power tools like Facebook/Instagram Reels, or Youtube's shorts? Because yes, that is absolutely a conspiracy theory on the same level as "Jews are controlling everything!" Your whole premise is that these Jewish organizations have been secretly lobbying for a ban for years because TikTok (specifically?) might at some point have reels that support Gaza. But that makes no sense given:

* They have no control over US-based companies with identical short-form video products, so banning TikTok doesn't actually affect Gaza coverage.

* Gaza is being covered breathlessly as a humanitarian disaster across all major media outlets. If they're trying to suppress coverage, they're doing a terrible job. So what's the point of going after TikTok?

* Other, unrelated countries have also enacted a TikTok ban because of distrust of China. This is the common thread.

You personally think the current conflict in Gaza is the center of the world, so you're "connecting dots" no matter how far apart they are. Everything must be related to it somehow. But the US ban on TikTok is rooted in distrust of China that has been building for decades, and is much, much larger than Gaza.




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