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TikTok pulls Israeli ultranationalist’s account for breach of hate speech rules

The Guardian · · 808 words · By Lorenzo Tondo; Quique Kierszenbaum
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“TikTok has removed an account belonging to an ultranationalist, pro-settlement Israeli influencer for breaching hate speech and bullying rules after the Guardian flagged videos showing him harassing activists in the occupied West Bank.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are reports of TikTok and its Chinese counterpart Douyin censoring political content related to China and other countries, as well as content from minority creators. TikTok has stated that its e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_TikTok
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Libs of TikTok is the username of various American anti-LGBTQ and far-right social-media accounts operated by Chaya Raichik ( KHAH-yə RY-chik), a former real estate agent. Raichik uses the accounts to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libs_of_TikTok
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TikTok, known in mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn; lit. 'Shaking Sound'), is a social media and short-form online video platform. It hosts user-submitted vid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok
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“The Guardian has reviewed dozens of videos posted by various social media figures that have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram documenting the harassment of Palestinians as well as physical attacks on Israeli and international activists.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A major outbreak of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, sometimes called the Unity Intifada, mainly commenced on 10 May 2021 and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May. It wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Israel–Palestine_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palestinians (Arabic: الفلسطينيون, romanized: al-Filasṭīniyyūn) are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. They represent a highly homogeneous community who share a c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, The …
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“The accounts began to proliferate after the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023, since when Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The short-form video-hosting service TikTok was under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States from January 19, 2025, until January 22, 2026, due to the US government's concerns over potential us…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efforts_to_ban_TikTok_in_the_U…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 7 October 2023, a large escalation of the Gaza–Israel conflict began with a coordinated offensive by multiple Palestinian militant groups, led by Hamas, against Israel. A number of countries, inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TikTok, known in mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn; lit. 'Shaking Sound'), is a social media and short-form online video platform. It hosts user-submitted vid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok
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“Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023.”
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“The burgeoning far-right ecosphere has risen in tandem with the growing influence of far-right parties and figures in Israeli politics.”
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“TikTok said this week it had removed an account belonging to the far-right social media personality Roi Star after it was flagged by the Guardian.”
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“In a video he posted to TikTok and Instagram in January, he films himself entering a house being used as a base by leftwing activists in Ras Ein al-Auja, in the Jordan valley, and pepper-spraying an activist who tries to prevent him for gaining access.”
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“The activists also filmed the encounter. 'This is Judea, not fucking Palestine,' Star yells in a clip posted by one such activist, Andrey Khrzhanovskiy. In Khrzhanovskiy’s video, Star is heard threatening activists and their families with continued harassment.”
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“TikTok said it had taken down Star’s account 'for breaking our rules on hate speech and bullying'.”
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“TikTok said it had also removed videos from 'other TikTok creators linked to Israeli far-right agitators', without identifying either the content or the creators.”
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“Khrzhanovskiy said: 'This is not the first ethnic cleansing in history, but this is the first ethnic cleansing that you can watch live on TikTok.'”
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“National security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir drew condemnation after he posted footage to X in which he was seen taunting the Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti in jail.”
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“Zvi Sukkot, of the far-right Religious Zionist party, was filmed in the occupied West Bank denying settler violence.”
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“Meta has not replied to a request for comment on Instagram's handling of far-right agitators' accounts.”
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