daenerys-targaryen:

tshifty:

oh my god…

so the first screenshot is trying to look this up on tiktok normally, “donald trump rigged election” and it says that search violates community guidelines.

the second screenshot is looking up the same exact thing, but with a (australian) vpn on. canadian vpn didn’t fix it fyi.

THIS is exactly the type of censorship to be looking out for on tiktok. this actually is crazy.

TikTok is now censoring / removing videos that mention anything anti tiktok / trump or are even remotely political and making it harder for vital information to spread. I have an AUS vpn turned on and get multiple messages telling me to ‘check my sources’ before sharing and limiting the amount of people I can directly send the video to. Absolutely fact checking is important, but make no mistake, this change is NOT about stopping the ‘spread of misinformation’ and more about containing the fire that’s been lit.