TikTok, which is strongly linked to the communist Chinese government, is stepping up its censorship efforts by banning over 500,000 videos that show what is happening in the Hamas-Israel war.

The social media platform is bragging about removing the videos as it collaborates with leftist fact-checkers who are part of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. The group working with TikTok is the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).

TikTok released a press statement announcing the removal of “over 500,000 videos and closed 8,000 livestreams in the impacted region for violating our guidelines.”

The video banning follows Hamas terrorists slaughtering over 1,400 Israelis so far. Roughly 31 Americans have also been murdered, according to CBS News.

The social media platform is extremely popular with young people who are now not allowed to see the brutal, barbaric, and bloodthirsty actions of Islamic terrorists all in the name of eliminating disinformation. Communist China has a long history of supporting Palestinians in the conflict.

According to NewsBusters, Poynter has received at least $15,755,197 in funding between 2007 and 2020 from leftist moguls such as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, George Soros, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark.

TikTok’s parent company is ByteDance and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a seat on its board because it has a financial investment in the social media platform. ByteDance assists the communist Chinese in cracking down on young people who use social media.

China to crack down on teens, limit smartphone use to 2 hours/day to prevent addictionhttps://t.co/M2jwVAxFT1

— American Wire News (@americanwire_) August 3, 2023

“There are reports of Palestinians and the CCP forming a strategic alliance months ago. This is not surprising, considering the CCP’s consistent friendly attitude toward the Palestinians,” NewsBusters reported.

Actor Nate Buzolic told Fox News recently that TikTok accused him of disseminating “false information” when he put up a pro-Israel post that showed atrocities committed by Hamas. The video showed a child being abducted in Gaza by Hamas. He also had posts banned on Instagram.

The announcement of the crackdown on these videos vaguely referred to “acts of terror in Israel.” TikTok seemed to go out of its way not to name Hamas as the murdering terrorists that they are. They were quick to highlight “the intensifying humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.”

“TikTok stands against terrorism. We are shocked and appalled by the horrific acts of terror in Israel last week. We are also deeply saddened by the intensifying humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. Our hearts break for everyone who has been affected,” TikTok said in a posted press release.

“We immediately mobilized significant resources and personnel to help maintain the safety of our community and [the] integrity of our platform. We’re committed to transparency as we work to provide a safe and secure space for our global community. We remain focused on supporting free expression, upholding our commitment to human rights, and protecting our platform during the Israel-Hamas war,” the social media platform claimed.

The platform is virtually erasing evidence of Hamas’ atrocities in the name of stopping hate.

“Continuing to enforce our policies against violence, hate, and harmful misinformation by taking action to remove violative content and accounts. For example, we remove content that supports the attacks or mocks victims affected by the violence. If content is posted depicting a person who has been taken hostage, we will do everything we can to protect their dignity and remove content that breaks our rules,” TikTok asserted.

“We do not tolerate attempts to incite violence or spread hateful ideologies. We have a zero-tolerance policy for content praising violent and hateful organizations and individuals, and those organizations and individuals aren’t allowed on our platform. We also block hashtags that promote violence or otherwise break our rules,” it added.

They are further implementing a command center, more moderators including Arab-speaking individuals, fact-checkers, temporary policy adjustments, coordination with law enforcement, and enforcement of “violence, hate, and harmful misinformation” policies.

All of this comes after threats from the EU as reported by CNN Business, “EU Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote to TikTok Thursday, in a letter shared on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, saying the company had 24 hours to detail the steps it was taking to comply with EU rules on content moderation. Breton has sent similar letters to X, Google, and Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook.”

#TikTok has a particular obligation to protect children & teenagers from violent content & terrorist propaganda —as well as death challenges & potentially life-threatening content.#DSA sets out very clear obligations TikTok must comply with.

Letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew⤵️ pic.twitter.com/J1tpVzXaYR

— Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) October 12, 2023

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