{"id":2101192,"date":"2023-11-16T17:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/osama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-promoted-by-tiktok-influencers-goes-viral\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:46:17","slug":"osama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-promoted-by-tiktok-influencers-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/osama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-promoted-by-tiktok-influencers-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok influencers make Osama Bin Laden&#8217;s &#8216;Letter to America&#8217; go viral."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fosama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-promoted-by-tiktok-influencers-goes-viral%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=2101192&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=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A videotape released by Al-Jazeera TV featuring Osama Bin Laden is broadcast in Britain December 27, 2001.\u2063 The tape, estimated to have been recorded \u200ctwo weeks earlier, shows Bin Laden describing \u200cthe World Trade Center attack as \u201ccommendable,\u201d calling it \u201cbenevolent terrorism\u201d designed to\u200b raise the issue \u2062of Israeli attacks on Palestinians. (Photo by Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>2:37 PM \u2013 Thursday, November 16, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>TikTok \u2064users are going viral for promoting Osama Bin Laden\u2019s \u201cLetter to America.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers from both sides \u200bhave blasted the China-owned app for promoting \u201cterrorist propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udcf1\ud83d\udea8\u203c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Osama Bin Laden&#8217;s &#8220;Letter to America&#8221; \u200dis gaining\u2062  traction on social media platform <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TikTok?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TikTok<\/a>. \u200dA girl brings out \u200da paper and pen, jotting down\u200d notes from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetterToAmerica?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetterToAmerica<\/a>, linking the events of September to the occupation of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Palestine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Palestine<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OsamaBinLaden?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OsamaBinLaden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Viral?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Viral<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ADEdn5mGmH\">pic.twitter.com\/ADEdn5mGmH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burst Bites (@BurstBites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurstBites\/status\/1725181621790220437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the letter by the terrorist, bin Laden claimed that\u2062 he orchestrated \u2063the horrific attacks on September 11<sup>th<\/sup> on\u2062 the World Trade\u200d Center that killed close to 3,000 Americans because the United States \u201cattacked us in Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>He also called the creation of Israel\u00a0 a \u201ccrime which must be erased.\u201d He also said \u2063the AIDS epidemic was \u201ca Satanic American Invention\u201d and criticized U.S. companies for allowing women to have jobs. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The\u200b terrorist went \u2062on to say that Jews in the\u200d U.S. \u201ccontrol your policies, media and\u200d economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>As a result\u2064 of the promotion TikTok\u200b was giving to the piece, <em>The Guardian,\u200c <\/em>which published\u2064 the entire letter in 2002,\u2064 took it off their website on Wednesday, claiming it \u2062was being \u201cwidely shared on social media without the full context.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The trend seemed to be started by TikTok influencer \u200bLynette Adkins, who has 12\u2064 million followers on \u200dsocial \u200dmedia. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>In her \u2062recent video, which received over 100,000 likes since being posted on Wednesday, she told her followers\u00a0 to \u201cstop \u200dwhat they\u2019re doing right now and go read a\u200b letter to America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe Guardian taking that post down is actually one of the worst things that they could\u2019ve done. I don\u2019t know who was behind it \u2063or what the reasoning \u200bwas, \u200cbut I feel like it literally just confirmed everything that we read\u2062 in the letter,\u201d Adkins said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lynette Adkins original &#8216;a letter to america&#8217; video seems to have been deleted. It&#8217;s\u200c ok. I have a copy for you right \u2062here. Folks are \u2063noting how suspicious it \u2062is that it went\u2063 so rapidly viral despite her account being historically apolitical. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gvjEsGgAKg\">pic.twitter.com\/gvjEsGgAKg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jewlicious \ud83c\udf3b (@jewlicious) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jewlicious\/status\/1725194799773347912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>When reached\u2063 for comment, a TikTok spokesperson said \u201ccontent promoting this letter clearly\u2063 violates our rules on \u2062supporting any form of terrorism\u201d and \u2064added \u2064that the company was \u201cproactively \u2062and aggressively removing this\u2062 content and\u200c investigating how it got onto our\u200d platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TikTok commented denying any\u200b wrongdoing\u200d in the situation. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u2064 <em>The Guardian\u2019s <\/em>website now displays a message to readers explaining\u2064 that the text had been\u200b removed. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis page previously displayed a document\u200d containing, in \u200ctranslation, the full text of Osama bin Laden\u2019s \u2018letter to \u200bthe American people,\u2019 as reported in the Observer on Sunday 24 \u2063November 2002. The document, which was published here on the \u2063same day, was removed on 15\u200b November 2023,\u201d the message said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to\u200b your\u2062 inbox \u2063for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Both Iowa \u200dand West Virginia are leading an 18-state coalition \u2062opposing the gag order a federal \u2064court has \u2062placed on former\u2062 President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In a 3-2\u200c vote this \u200bweek,\u2064 the Federal Communications \u200bCommission has adopted\u2062 final rules to \u2064prevent so-called \u2018digital discrimination,\u2019 that many say \u2063is rooted in Critical Race\u2063 Theory. One \u2062America\u2019s Chief White House Correspondent Monica Paige breaks down the details. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Pro-Palestinian protesters descend on the \u200cDemocrat National Committee Headquarters in D.C.. One America\u2019s Zach Petersen has more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>  In an exclusive interview, Texas Senator Ted Cruz tells One\u200c America News that a \u201cwoke\u201d mainstream media is\u2064 allowing Democrats to get away with voting along party lines to oppose the House approved Israel aid package. \u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Spotify expanded its partnership with\u2064 Google Cloud to use \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chatgpt-passes-medical-license-exam-bar-exam-after-top-performance-on-wharton-mba-final\/\" title=\"ChatGPT Passes Medical License Exam, Bar Exam After Top Performance On Wharton MBA Final\">large language models<\/a> to help identify a user\u2019s listening patterns across podcasts and audiobooks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Starlink has secured a contract to offer\u200c free internet in Mexico until the\u2063 end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. lawmakers asked Apple Inc to explain the abrupt end of political\u200d comedian Jon Stewart\u2019s television\u200c show on\u2063 its streaming service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon Musk denied a report that his rocket company SpaceX was discussing an \u200bIPO for its satellite internet business, Starlink.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How can tech companies effectively monitor and remove terrorist propaganda\u2063 from social media platforms like TikTok?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bNsumption habits, stating that &#8220;an average American consumes 500 times more than a person in the Third World.&#8221; Bin Laden&#8217;s letter, written in Arabic, has\u200c now been translated into English\u200c and is being\u200b shared\u200c widely on \u200csocial media platforms, particularly TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>The rise of this viral trend has sparked outrage \u2063and concern among lawmakers from both sides of the political spectrum. They argue that\u2064 promoting Bin \u2063Laden&#8217;s &#8220;Letter to America&#8221; on\u200c a platform owned by\u200b a Chinese company is not only irresponsible but also dangerous. TikTok has faced scrutiny in the past for its handling of sensitive content and\u200d potential links to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers argue \u200dthat allowing terrorist propaganda \u200bto spread on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/class-action-settlement-deadline-for-illinois-residents-to-file-claim-in-68-million-instagram-suit-wednesday\/\" title=\"Illinois residents must file claim by Wednesday for  million Instagram settlement.\">popular\u200b social media platform<\/a> could lead to radicalization and incite further\u200b acts of violence. They fear that impressionable TikTok users, particularly young individuals, may \u2062be influenced by Bin Laden&#8217;s distorted views and develop sympathies for extremist ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>Experts \u200din counterterrorism echo these concerns, emphasizing the importance of preventing\u200d the dissemination of terrorist propaganda. They \u2062argue \u2062that allowing such content to go unchecked\u2064 can contribute to \u200cthe radicalization process and undermine efforts to combat terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Several initiatives \u2064have been taken to combat \u2063the spread\u2063 of extremist\u2063 content on \u200bsocial media platforms. Tech companies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/osama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-promoted-by-tiktok-influencers-goes-viral\/\" title=\"TikTok influencers make Osama Bin Laden's 'Letter to America' go viral.\">implemented stricter content\u2064 monitoring<\/a> and removal policies, relying \u200don artificial intelligence algorithms \u200cto identify and remove terrorist propaganda. Governments have also passed legislation to hold these companies accountable for \u200dthe content shared on their\u2064 platforms.<\/p>\n<p>However, the\u200d pervasive and ever-evolving nature of social media makes\u2063 it challenging to completely eradicate extremist\u200d content. With the rapid growth of platforms like TikTok, it becomes\u200b even more crucial to address the\u200d potential dangers posed \u2062by \u2062the\u200b spread of terrorist propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers and policymakers\u200c must work closely with tech companies to ensure \u2064responsible content moderation and prevent \u200cthe \u2063dissemination of terrorist propaganda. This\u200d partnership should involve regular assessments and \u200cupdates\u200b to policies, increased transparency, and collaboration between governments and social media platforms to address the complex issue of online radicalization\u200d effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, educational initiatives are needed to\u200c raise awareness among social media users about the dangers of consuming and sharing extremist content. Teaching \u200bdigital literacy skills, critical thinking, and media literacy can help users develop the necessary\u200d tools to recognize and reject terrorist propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>As the global community continues to grapple with the threat of terrorism, it is crucial\u2064 to address the dissemination \u200cof terrorist propaganda on social media platforms. \u2062Combating online radicalization \u200drequires a\u200d multi-faceted approach that involves the \u2062concerted efforts of governments, tech companies, and individuals themselves.<\/p>\n<p>While the\u2063 viral spread of Bin Laden&#8217;s &#8220;Letter to America&#8221; on TikTok is concerning, it also serves\u200b as a\u2062 reminder of the ongoing need to remain vigilant in countering\u200c extremist ideologies and preventing their spread through online platforms. Only through collective action can we\u200c hope to mitigate the dangers of online radicalization and ensure a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-residents-data-stolen-in-large-scale-cybersecurity-attack\/\" title=\"Maine Residents\u2019 Data Stolen In Large-Scale Cybersecurity Attack\">safer digital environment<\/a> for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tape of Osama Bin Laden, aired on Al-Jazeera TV in Britain on December 27, 2001, shows him praising the World Trade Center attack as &#8220;commendable&#8221; and &#8220;benevolent terrorism.&#8221; Bin Laden claims it was meant to draw attention to Israeli aggression against Palestinians. 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