{"id":2093748,"date":"2023-11-08T07:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T12:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-is-a-cesspool-of-pro-terrorist-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T07:54:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T12:54:37","slug":"tiktok-is-a-cesspool-of-pro-terrorist-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-is-a-cesspool-of-pro-terrorist-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Is A Cesspool Of Pro-Terrorist Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Ftiktok-is-a-cesspool-of-pro-terrorist-propaganda%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=2093748&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Creators Call on TikTok to Take Action Against Antisemitism<\/h2>\n<p>Harassment and death \u2062threats of Jewish creators on TikTok have\u200c led more than a dozen high-profile creators, including Amy Schumer, to sign \u2064a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deartiktok.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> calling on TikTok\u2062 to be more proactive in fighting antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your Jewish creators \u2014 who regularly enliven the For You page with videos of dancing, cooking,\u2062 singing, \u200cand positivity of all kinds \u2014 are being bombarded with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-is-a-cesspool-of-pro-terrorist-propaganda\/\" title=\"TikTok Is A Cesspool Of Pro-Terrorist Propaganda\">abhorrent inhumanity solely due<\/a> to our ethno-religious identity,&#8221;\u200d the letter\u2063 stated. &#8220;This hate and vitriol is not rare, spontaneous or unexpected. \u200bSadly, rampant antisemitism is a common problem that TikTok has failed to \u2064address for far too long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1622894698\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c1607f9c05a95540b65384f7d8e1b201 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c1607f9c05a95540b65384f7d8e1b201\"><\/div>\n<p>The creators call on\u2062 TikTok to \u2062treat the spread of \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/700-hollywood-celebs-sign-open-letter-supporting-israel-condemning-hamas\/\" title=\"700 Hollywood Celebs Support Israel, Condemn Hamas\">false information surrounding<\/a> the Israel-Hamas conflict like it treated so-called misinformation\u2063 about Covid-19. For \u2064these videos,\u200c the\u200d creators\u2064 hope to see warnings to viewers that they may be seeing inaccurate information.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fallacious headlines \u2062and &#8216;explainers&#8217; cannot be walked back once they misinform millions of viewers,&#8221; the letter states.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, a disparity exists on the\u2064 app between pro-Israel and\u200d pro-Palestinian content, according to an Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/31\/tiktok-views-pro-palestine-posts-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>. On\u200d the global from Oct.\u2062 16 to \u2063the end of that month, 210,000 posts included the hashtag #standwithPalestine, and only 17,000\u200b posts included the hashtag #standwithIsrael.<\/p>\n<p>While TikTok is used worldwide and \u2064is popular among many\u2062 Muslim countries, the disparity still exists when looking\u2064 at content created in the\u2063 United States alone. Over the span of two weeks, pro-Palestine content outpaced pro-Israel content \u200bin the U.S. \u2063by more than two times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6d9855a13dcd7acb5a1379181a913a21 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6d9855a13dcd7acb5a1379181a913a21\"><\/div>\n<p>TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/news\/2023\/11\/01\/jewish-influencers-tiktok-antisemitism-israel-hamas\/71348475007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a> it removed more than 775,000\u2062 videos and ended 14,000\u2063 live streams\u200b &#8220;promoting\u2064 violence,\u2064 terrorism, hate speech, misinformation and other \u200dviolations of its\u200c rules&#8221; \u2062since the brutal Oct. 7 Hamas attack.<\/p>\n<p>However, some &#8220;news&#8221; accounts on \u200bTikTok omit information and use rhetoric that paints Israel in\u200c an \u200bunfavorable light. \u200dFor instance, Under the Desk News is an account on TikTok that \u200cshares news of the day and has more than 3 million followers. On Oct. 7, the host of\u2063 the show\u200b released a video talking\u2063 about Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel. While describing the history between\u2064 Israel and Gaza, the host made no mention of the history of pogroms \u200con the Jewish people,\u200c nor did he discuss Arab revolts of Jewish migrants into Palestine. Some quick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/middle-east\/history-of-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">research<\/a> reveals the Arabs&#8217; strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Israel\/Immigration-and-conflict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejection<\/a> of a Jewish state.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"Lifpc3e2GNlvVbVJO36YFlqFCDw40M8XmhSshnIB50AigX1GHudWyUyx6fjZT2zTDNPExHapzrAsoBKJtLMdr\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@underthedesknews\/video\/7287219157274283306\" data-video-id=\"7287219157274283306\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\">\n<section>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@underthedesknews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@underthedesknews?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@underthedesknews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - UnderTheDeskNews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7287219227566541610?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 UnderTheDeskNews<\/a><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Instead, the\u2063 host said the United Nations &#8220;decided to divide up \u2063this particular area of\u2064 land into the state of Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza strip and \u200cthis was basically to divide Jewish folks from Arab folks&#8221; \u2014 essentially \u200cpainting the picture to viewers that the state of Israel is an artificial\u200c creation by Western powers and\u200b not \u200ca birthright to the Jewish people who throughout history faced genocide and mass displacement.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up video, the host said Hamas was composed of 20- to 25-year-old &#8220;boys,&#8221; claiming \u200b&#8221;this is not as sophisticated a terrorist cell as some \u200dothers\u200d have been.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"fFZBLerKjV5Hau4izJymAPSQ\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@underthedesknews\/video\/7287329483139468586\" data-video-id=\"7287329483139468586\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\">\n<section>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@underthedesknews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@underthedesknews?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@underthedesknews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - UnderTheDeskNews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7287329530434390830?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 UnderTheDeskNews<\/a><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, the \u2064host&#8217;s characterization of Hamas \u2064is far from the \u2062truth, as the terrorist organization has access to rockets and drones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/gaza-plagued-poverty-hamas-no-shortage-cash-come-rcna121099#:~:text=Hamas%20has%20an%20investment%20portfolio,as%20much%20as%20%24350%20million.&#038;text=The%20unemployment%20rate%20in%20Gaza,according%20to%20the%20United%20Nations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as well as<\/a> an\u2063 investment portfolio of $500 million \u200dand a military budget of $350 million.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just one example,\u2063 but it&#8217;s troubling to see how the conflict is being \u200bpresented on the app, especially since 26 percent of people under 30 get their news from TikTok, according \u200cto a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2022\/10\/21\/more-americans-are-getting-news-on-tiktok-bucking-the-trend-on-other-social-media-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Poll<\/a>. Meanwhile, a Harvard <a href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HHP_Oct23_KeyResults.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> \u2062 revealed that 48 percent of 18-\u200b to 24-year-olds sided with Hamas, and 51 percent believed Hamas was justified in killing 1,200 Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt of Congregation B&#8217;nai \u2062Tzedek in Potomac, Maryland, \u200dis shocked by the \u2063support he is seeing for \u200bHamas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There \u200bare those \u2062who believe\u200d in sympathizing with this terrible organization,&#8221; Weinblatt said in an\u2062 interview. &#8220;I have said to my congregation, what\u200b does that say\u2062 about them? What does \u2064it say about those\u2064 who align themselves with individuals who are so sadistic and so brutal and so cruel?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weinblatt has spearheaded a <a href=\"https:\/\/zionistrabbis.org\/rabbinic-letter-of-unity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> expressing \u200cthe Jewish community&#8217;s \u2062solidarity with Israel, \u200bgarnering the signatures of a thousand rabbis across the \u200ccountry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a time of \u2064such a terrible\u2062 crisis and barbaric sadistic actions, there are\u200c many\u2062 of us who have been very disappointed with the lack of condemnation,\u200c or with the lack of understanding of the\u200c need for Israel to respond,&#8221; Weinblatt said.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has proved to be a risk to individual \u2062users&#8217; welfare\u200d and mental \u200cwell-being, and U.S. officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3354874\/leaders-say-tiktok-is-potential-cybersecurity-risk-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have<\/a> repeatedly said the Chinese-owned app poses a risk to national\u2063 security.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/israel-palestine-hawley-tiktok-war-hamas-ban-josh-rcna124013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Josh\u2064 Hawley<\/a> of Missouri, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/antisemitic-tiktok-content-latest-digital-fentanyl-china-republican-lawmaker.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Mike Gallagher<\/a> of Wisconsin, and \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/social-media\/tiktok-ban-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-account-creator-video-rcna122849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Marco Rubio<\/a> of Florida, all Republicans, have labeled Chinese-owned TikTok a hotbed for spreading antisemitism \u200cand pro-Hamas propaganda \u200band reignited calls to ban the \u2063app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-67b9f2e42b597523810d84f1627851b7 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-67b9f2e42b597523810d84f1627851b7\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has TikTok responded to previous\u2062 instances of hate speech, violence, and misinformation on its platform,\u200b and \u2062what\u200b actions do the creators want TikTok to take in combating \u2064antisemitism<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Creators Call on TikTok to Take\u200b Action Against Antisemitism<\/p>\n<p>Harassment and death\u200b threats targeting Jewish \u200ccreators on TikTok have sparked a collective voice of concern among more \u2064than a dozen high-profile creators,\u2063 including Amy Schumer. They have signed\u200d a joint \u200dletter\u2064 urging TikTok to proactively combat\u2063 antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>The letter\u2062 highlights \u2064the distressing\u2064 reality\u2064 faced by Jewish \u2063creators, who often bring joy and positivity to the platform \u200bwith their dancing, cooking, singing, and other content. They\u200c are now being\u200d subjected to\u2063 abhorrent \u2062treatment solely because of their ethno-religious identity. The\u200d creators emphasize that this \u2062hatred and vitriol \u200bis \u200dneither rare nor\u200d unexpected, but unfortunately a widespread problem that \u2064TikTok has failed \u200cto address for far too long.<\/p>\n<p>The call to\u200b action directs TikTok to address the spread of false information \u2062related to the Israel-Hamas conflict\u200b with the\u2064 same diligence\u2062 it applied to combating misinformation \u2064about Covid-19. The creators \u200bhope to see warnings displayed \u200cto viewers when\u2062 encountering videos that may\u200b contain inaccurate information\u200c or misleading narratives.<\/p>\n<p>The current situation on the app reveals a disparity \u2063between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian content.\u2064 According to\u200b a report by Axios, \u2064during a specific period, there were\u200c 210,000 posts \u2062supporting Palestine compared\u2062 to \u200donly\u2062 17,000 posts supporting Israel. This discrepancy \u200dis observed not \u2063only worldwide but also within the United\u2063 States, where\u2063 pro-Palestine \u2063content surpasses pro-Israel\u200c content by\u200c more than double.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has indicated that \u200bit has taken actions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-bans-steven-crowder-from-platform-for-rest-of-the-year\/\" title=\"YouTube Bans Steven Crowder From Platform For Rest Of The Year\">remove content promoting violence<\/a>, \u200bterrorism,\u2064 hate speech, \u200cand misinformation, including \u2064more than 775,000 videos and 14,000 live\u2064 streams since the brutal\u2064 Hamas attack on\u2063 October\u2063 7. However, there are \u200cinstances where &#8220;news&#8221; accounts on TikTok fail to present a balanced\u200c perspective. For example, \u200cUnder\u2064 the Desk News, a popular account with\u2064 over 3 \u200cmillion \u2064followers, released \u200ba video \u200cdiscussing Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel without\u200d acknowledging the historical context of pogroms against the Jewish people or the Arab revolts against Jewish migrants in Palestine. \u2062A \u2062simple\u200d research reveals the rejection by Arabs of a Jewish homeland.<\/p>\n<p>In light \u200dof these concerns, the \u200dcreators \u200care urging TikTok to take meaningful \u2064action\u2064 against antisemitism on its platform. \u200cThey want to see a\u2062 more balanced representation of views,\u200b accurate\u2064 information \u200cdissemination, and measures \u2063to counter \u200bhate speech and \u200bharassment targeting Jewish creators. TikTok has the responsibility to ensure a safe and inclusive environment for all its users, regardless of their\u2063 background or beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Antisemitism should \u2063have no place \u2064on any social media platform,\u2064 and \u2062it is\u2062 essential for TikTok to actively address this\u200b issue in order to foster a more\u200b tolerant and respectful online \u200ccommunity. Creators, along with users, have\u200c a right to share their \u200bcontent free from harassment and threats.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to combating hate and promoting inclusivity\u200d by taking firm action against antisemitism.\u2062 The creators&#8217; call is \u2062not just a \u2064plea for themselves, but a demand for a platform that stands against all forms of hatred \u2063and discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200bis now up to TikTok to seize this \u200bmoment and \u2064prioritize the well-being and safety of its users. The creators and the\u200c wider \u200cTikTok community\u2062 eagerly\u200c await TikTok&#8217;s response \u2063and its concrete steps towards eradicating antisemitism from its platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harassment and death threats of Jewish creators on TikTok have led more than a dozen high-profile creators, including Amy Schumer, to sign a joint letter calling on TikTok to be more proactive in fighting antisemitism.\u00a0 \u201cYour Jewish creators \u2014 who regularly enliven the For You page with videos of dancing, cooking, singing, and positivity of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2093749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093748","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2093749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}