California Governor Gavin Newsom accused TikTok on Monday of suppressing content critical of US President Donald Trump as he launched a review to decide if its content moderation practices violated state law, while the platform cited a systems failure.
Newsom’s statement came after TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, last week finalised a deal to set up a majority US-owned joint venture that will secure US data, to avert a ban on the short video app used by more than 200 million...
California’s Newsom launches TikTok probe, accusing app of suppressing Trump criticism
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Source: scmp.com
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