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(KRON) — TikTok’s takeover by a new, majority U.S. owned company with ties to President Donald Trump has some users crying foul, State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) among them. Wiener, who is running for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat, took to X Monday to slam TikTok as “state-controlled media.”
“This morning I posted a TikTok about my legislation allowing people to sue ICE agents,” Wiener continued. “It’s sitting at zero views, and I’m not the only person this is happening to.”
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Wiener accompanied his post with a screengrab of his TikTok feed showing the post in question with a “0” for number of views. A quick check of Wiener’s feeds showed the video still sitting at no views, while most of his other videos had views in the thousands and tens of thousands.
TikTok’s new U.S. ownership group, TikTok USDS Joint Ventures, is controlled by a group of Trump-aligned investors, including Oracle’s Larry Ellison, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, and venture capital firm Revolution, which once employed Vice President J.D. Vance.
The group was established in compliance with an executive order signed by President Trump to facilitate the deal.
“The majority American owned Joint Venture will operate under defined safeguards that protect national security through comprehensive data protections, algorithm security, content moderation, and software assurances for U.S. users,” the social media platform said in a post announcing the deal.
President Trump took to social media last week to back the American takeover, posting on Truth Social, “I am so happy to have helped in saving TikTok! It will now be owned by a group of Great American Patriots and Investors, the Biggest in the World, and will be an important Voice.”
Wiener is not the only person to cry foul since TikTok was acquired by the U.S. group.
“Hacks” star Megan Stalter called out the app for allegedly censoring one of her videos in which she explained why she believes “Jesus would abolish ICE.”
“Hi so today I will be downloading my videos and deleting my TikTok page,” Stalter wrote on Instagram. “TT is under new ownership and we are being completely censored and monitored. I’m unable to upload anything about even after I tried to trick the page by making it look like a comedy video. Let’s delete the app love you!”
According to a report in Newsweek, many rank-and-file TikTok users are also deleting the app in protest over its new American-majority ownership.
The video-sharing app has not announced any updates to its community guidelines.
KRON4 has reached out to TikTok for comment. We have yet to hear back.
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