California’s Newsom launches TikTok probe, accusing app of suppressing Trump criticism
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a review of TikTok, accusing the platform of suppressing content critical of former President Donald Trump. The review, prompted by reports and independent confirmation of suppressed content after TikTok's sale to a Trump-aligned business group, will determine if TikTok's content moderation practices violate California law. Newsom is calling on the California Department of Justice to investigate. TikTok attributes the issue to a data center power outage and maintains it was a technical issue. The probe follows ByteDance's deal to establish a US-owned joint venture to secure US user data and avert a ban on the app.
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