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TikTok users delete app after right-wing takeover

Rob Beschizza
Jan 29, 2026
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If you’re watching TikTok, TikTok is watching you—and that data now goes to a consortium of Trump cronies and billionaires much closer to home than the Chinese parent company that just sold it to them. Censorship is being reported by users, including a Peabody-winning Palestinian journalist, though the company claims its having datacenter problems…

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