TikTok has 103 million monthly active users in the US. More than 1/3 (37.36%) of mobile internet users actively engage with TikTok.
Half of TikTok’s US users are between the age of 10 and 29, with teens making up the bulk of the user base. Over 50% of content creators are between 18 and 24 years old.
From October 23-30, 2023, posts with the #standwithPalestine were posted 10x more than posts with the #standwithIsrael. Posts with the #standwithPalestine also received 5x as many views.
When TikTok was accused of deliberately pushing Pro-Palestinian content, they denied the claim and made it clear that the algorithm pushes whatever people engage with.
Jonathan Greenblatt, the director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which is an extremely powerful Jewish-Zionist organization that has often targeted free speech, was very worried by this.
Seeing Gen Z in the US overwhelmingly support Palestine in the face of Israeli aggression, TERRIFIED him.
Is it such a coincidence that today the ‘TikTok Ban Bill’ passes after MONTHS of congress pushing for it so heavily?
They are demanding that the Chinese company ‘ByteDance’ sell the platform if the app wants to remain in the US.
