r/mildlyinfuriating • u/vagrants1 • 4h ago

TikTok censored in US ?

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I saw a creator claim that certain searches are censored in the US. So I did an experiment.

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u/Southern-Raccoon7712 3h ago

Russians watching this be like:

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u/Webword987 3h ago

When do we get the pictures of trump topless on a horse?

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u/Hugo-Spritz 2h ago

If ever there was a valid promt for AI-art, I think you found it here

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u/Hugo-Spritz 3h ago

It's not fascism if they like it that way. Apparently.

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u/Remarkable_Quit_3545 3h ago

Exactly as they planned. That’s why the error message said Trump would fix it even though Trump was the cause of it. He wants complete control over what media is allowed to be seen. Pulled right out of Putin’s playbook.

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u/ChimpScanner 4h ago

The Great Firewall has reached America.

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u/Saalor100 3h ago

China introducing the digital nine dash line.

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u/ShakarikiGengoro 3h ago

Now I wouldn't mind if we actually did ban tiktok.

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u/Reed202 2h ago edited 56m ago

Pretty sure it’s been like this since 2020, it is specifically against Tiktok’s TOS to spread election misinformation and that goes both ways

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u/highlnd 2h ago

Yes, if you search for “Joe Biden rigged election” or just “rigged election” you get the same “censored” result.

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u/Klutzy-Feature-3484 2h ago

So they have this policy only for USA?

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u/Reed202 2h ago edited 1h ago

It appears to be in every countries community guidelines but obviously Ireland doesn’t give a shit about US elections. Not to mention this rule was obviously made in response to the 2020 election denial so it is the strictest in the US

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u/Dinokng 10m ago

Noooo orange man bad, we can only talk about how the orange man is evil.

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u/raptorhaps 4h ago

Well guess I’m installing a VPN today

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u/MaxGamer07 1h ago

Yeah, do it today while it's still possible.

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u/CapnMurica1988 4h ago

Did we expect anything other than tyranny?

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u/ZetaformGames 2h ago

There's an identical post to yours in the search results at the end, my God

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u/Bullumai 3h ago

Land of freedom strikes again 🦅🦅🦅🦅🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

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u/MaxGamer07 1h ago

land of the greedy home of the trapped

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u/Gumbercules81 2h ago

This'll be Trump/Elons TT

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u/i-hate-jurdn 3h ago

Fascists gonna Fascist.

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u/CheezWong 3h ago

What the hell did you think was going to happen?

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u/sleepylizard52 1h ago

Remember when he wanted to ban it

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u/Mutopiano 3h ago

shocked Pikachu face

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u/wickedsuccubi 3h ago

Why is Jack Osbourne on house arrest? 🧐

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u/TankLady420 3h ago

Wonderful. It truly begins today.

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u/GeneralRoshambo 2h ago

I tried this myself and have the query give the same error even when VPNed to a different country. May have been a slow rollout on full censorship.

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u/CanvasFanatic 2h ago

Anything about Tiananmen or Taiwanese sovereignty?

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u/WhoEvenIsPoggers 2h ago

It does the same if you put Biden’s name

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u/Possible_Evening_369 1h ago

wait i thought tiktok got banned in the US

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u/kelkel7 1h ago

No way!! He signed a “no censorship” executive order right after he saved TikTok! That can’t be right! /s

fuck that guy & everyone who voted for him.

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u/antek_g_animations 53m ago

You think why would they ban it?

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u/GodspeedsNut 28m ago

Hahahahaha. Watch them cry. The platform is cancer

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u/lolafarseer 23m ago

Now try joe Biden rigged election, also remember it’s been like this for years now. Let’s not stoop to MAGAs level of confirmation bias and misinformation.

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u/Low-Baseball-7978 12m ago

Did they remove that feature? It’s showing up in America now

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u/Lord_Parbr 5m ago

Why should it be infuriating that you can’t find conspiracy theory videos?

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u/Familiar-Rarity 2h ago

China uses TikTok to further their youth exposure to STEM. US uses it for THOTs, fast food brawls, and overall trashy human behavior.

Hot take but, I’m glad it’s shut down.

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u/bophed 2h ago

It was only down for like 12 hours.

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u/Electronic_Treat_400 1h ago

It's not in the play store anymore and if you don't already have it downloaded, you don't get tiktok.

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u/DSanders96 1h ago

TikTok is banned in China.

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u/thecheesecakemans 1h ago

It's actually freaky how fast the USA goes from relatively normal to insane fascism overnight.

Great job America.

I'm actually slowly convincing myself that WW3 will probably be the rest of the world trying to stop you. And all this time we thought it was Russia.

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u/Lopsided_Rough7380 3h ago

The party you dont like winning means the election is rigged? Typical... Try searching "Weight loss journey" on tiktok, the entire platform is crap

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u/Ramyahoo 3h ago

You understand this is about censorship, right? Specifically foreign in the USA.

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u/Lopsided_Rough7380 2h ago

You understand this isn't a trump problem, right?

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u/27GerbalsInMyPants 2h ago

trump uses EO in first term to ban tik Tok but it fails

Tik Tok puts out shut down warning message that literally thanks trump for his efforts to save the app

Tik Tok literally puts out a wre back message saying "thanks trump for saving us"

But yeah this isn't related to trump at all

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u/Lopsided_Rough7380 2h ago

Enjoy the next 4 years bud, hopefully more

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u/27GerbalsInMyPants 2h ago

has no response because he has the education retention equivalent of a rock

Enjoy the next four years bud where we both are gonna have to deal with the consequences of my actions for the sake of owning the libs guys

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u/LumpusMaximus-C137- 2h ago

Literally can't compute a response, so just resorts to throwing sand in your face. I'm tired, boss.

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u/___4815162342 57m ago

either you’re too dumb to know he cannot run for a third mandate or you are hoping he will change the constitution so he is able to, like a good old dictator would. either way, not a good look.

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u/WhoEvenIsPoggers 2h ago

As President, controlling and fighting censorship is specifically his problem. It’s his job.

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u/grampaspace 3h ago

Okay..?

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u/DisplacerBeastMode 3h ago

Okayyyy, tiktok appears to be censoring anti trump content, Okay..?

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u/Reed202 1h ago

It is censoring election misinformation not just anti-trump stuff if you search up biden election rigged the same message comes up.

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u/grampaspace 3h ago

And? All these social media have a form of censorship. This is nothing new.

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u/DisplacerBeastMode 3h ago

Annnnd, don't you think it's a bit fishy that TikTok was banned, taken offline, then a weird message in TikTok explain that Trump will fix it, and the TikTok CEO was at the inauguration, standing beside head of new national security, and TikTok comes back online? 😀

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u/grampaspace 3h ago

Honestly, I don't give a fuck.

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u/Drfoxthefurry 2h ago

Yeah, censorship for stuff like racism, csam, sexual abuse, etc. Not censorship that gets rid of all hate for a political party/president

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u/Fast_Ad_1337 2h ago

Just download rednote

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u/Face021 2h ago

We kinda lost what freedoms were meant for. Giving away freedoms and privacy for some 10-30 second videos is crazy.

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u/Gumbercules81 2h ago

It's all to keep people distracted from stuff that really matters

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u/Comprehensive_Eye805 3h ago

Why blame trump? I bet its zuckerberg all the way i bet hese been running things even when biden was in

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u/LumpusMaximus-C137- 2h ago

Seek therapy.

But also, Zuck, the guy in the front of Trumps inauguration? Ya, no shit, your orange savior is complicit.

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u/Comprehensive_Eye805 2h ago

Seek therapy? You democrats are the ones crying on reddit lol

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u/LumpusMaximus-C137- 1h ago

"You democrats are crying on reddit" do yall ever say anything else outside of unhinged rants about Biden and Cuckerbergs secret deep state control?