166. The curious case of Esma Memtimin’s disappearing TikTok videos
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- Recorded Future News
- Published
- Tue 17 Sep 2024
- Episode Link
- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=4bc772ae-7489-11ef-8d44-8b2102f6a1f4&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F8376%2Fclickhere
TikTok took down Esma Memtimin’s posts for allegedly violating the platform’s community rules even though her videos were about stickers and current events. A recent study from Rutgers University suggests Memtimin isn’t alone — when researchers compared TikTok’s content with other similar platforms there is a mysterious dearth of posts about subjects Beijing considers hot button issues.
