{"id":1493974,"date":"2022-05-27T07:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T11:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493974"},"modified":"2022-05-27T07:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T11:14:44","slug":"instagram-suspends-libs-of-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/instagram-suspends-libs-of-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Suspends Libs of TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finstagram-suspends-libs-of-tiktok%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493974&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/TikTok-2-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Libs of TikTok \u2014 an account known for reposting videos of radical leftist activists on social media \u2014 was suspended from Instagram on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Because the account or \u201cactivity on it\u201d did not follow Instagram\u2019s community guidelines, Libs of TikTok was suspended from Instagram, according to a screenshot of the suspension notice. Libs of TikTok has 30 days to \u201cdisagree with the decision\u201d \u2014 or else the account \u201cwill be permanently disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/instagram?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@instagram<\/a> just suspended our account. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vnUi6rOJYB\">pic.twitter.com\/vnUi6rOJYB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1530001273436504064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Libs of TikTok\u2019s page on Instagram currently appears to be unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Libs of TikTok has faced social media censorship. Last month, the page was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-censors-popular-account-that-exposes-radical-gender-theories-for-hateful-conduct\">suspended from Twitter<\/a> for 12 hours after allegedly violating rules against \u201chateful conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have determined that this account violated the Twitter rules, specifically for violating our rules against hateful conduct,\u201d the ban notice, shared by Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon on behalf of Libs of TikTok, explained. \u201cYou many not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last tweet posted by the account before the suspension showed a woman complaining about parents who do not want teachers instructing children on sexual orientation and gender identity. Libs of TikTok captioned the post, \u201cThis is what the left really thinks. Listen when they tell you. They want to take your kids to groom and indoctrinate them behind your back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also last month, Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz claimed that Libs of TikTok has a \u201cdeep and far-reaching\u201d impact on discourse and plays a role in \u201cshaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and influencing millions by posting viral videos aimed at inciting outrage among the right.\u201d In the process of her reporting, Lorenz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/libs-of-tiktok-twitter-account-hits-1-million-followers-after-creators-identity-revealed-by-wapo\">accused of \u201cdoxxing\u201d the woman<\/a> who anonymously runs Libs of TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, whom The Daily Wire is not naming out of respect for her privacy, said she was inundated with death threats from leftists, but later posted on Twitter that she was \u201choled up in a safe location.\u201d Lorenz was also harshly criticized for inadvertently directing a number of threats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-on-you-woman-with-same-name-as-doxxed-libs-of-tiktok-reveals-threats-blasts-wapos-taylor-lorenz\">another woman<\/a> with the same name as the Libs of TikTok owner and reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1516403898952695813?s=20&#038;t=1jeTlUz0_0Rmd6ngD67XRw\">visiting the homes<\/a> of the woman\u2019s family members.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok \u2014 owned by Beijing-based technology company ByteDance \u2014 was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tiktok-was-most-visited-site-in-2021\">most visited website in 2021<\/a>, driving more internet traffic than Google. TikTok is particularly popular among children and teenagers, who constitute the plurality of the site\u2019s user base; among American youth, TikTok is now more popular than Instagram and Snapchat.<\/p>\n<p>However, a report from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10344445\/Children-brainwashed-TikTok-videos-cool-trans-surgery.html\">Daily Mail<\/a> indicates that content posted by transgender influencers has been seen by millions of young viewers. Videos with the hashtag \u201cTrans\u201d have been watched more than 26 billion times as of December. The outlet also noted that TikTok is locking arms with Stonewall \u2014 an LGBTQ organization in the United States \u2014 to promote the material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honoured that the LGBTQ+ community has embraced TikTok from our very early days, as a platform for self-expression, education, community-building and joy,\u201d a spokesman for TikTok told the Daily Mail. A spokesman for Stonewall added: \u201cOur content allows young LGBTQ+ people to know that they are not alone in their experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libs of TikTok \u2014 an account known for reposting videos of radical leftist activists on social media \u2014 was suspended from Instagram on Thursday.Because the account or \u201cactivity on it\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}