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Republicans renew calls for TikTok ban as anti-Israel posts dominate app

Source: nypost.com nypost.com
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Republican lawmakers are increasingly concerned about a tide of anti-Israel content on TikTok during the war with Hamas – and they are renewing their push to ban the China-owned app, The Post has learned. While TikTok is highly secretive about the algorithms that distribute millions of short-form videos on the app daily, there are some telltale signs of the disproportionate amount of anti-Israel content on the app versus videos favoring Palestinians. For example, the top result for the search phrase “stand with Palestine” had been viewed nearly 3 billion times as of Oct. 26, while the top result for “stand…

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