The support for a nationwide ban on TikTok in America is related to the “overwhelming” number of mentions of Palestine on the platform, US senator and former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said last week
Speaking at an event at the McCain Institute think-tank alongside Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Romney explained that the ban on the app passed both chambers of Congress due to apparent widespread mention and advocacy for Palestine.
“Some wonder why there was such overwhelming support for us to shut down potentially TikTok or other entities of that nature. If you look at the postings on TikTok and the number of mentions of Palestinians relative to other social media sites, it’s overwhelmingly so among TikTok broadcasts,” said Romney, who unsuccessfully ran against Barack Obama in 2012. ….more
