UPDATE! TikTok on the Prowl: Targets Media Research Center 18 Times, 15 Times in Two Months

UPDATETikTok took another Reality Check With Brittany Hughes video and restored it just a few hours after publishing this blog. The platform censored MRC 19 times, 15 times within 2 months, and 13 times during February, including the latest incident.

TikTok increased its censorship to 2022. For a total 17 times, the platform affiliated to the Chinese Communist Party censored Media Research Center 3 times last year, and 14 times over the past two months.

MRC’s video production department, MRCTV, posts short versions of its longer videos on the world’s most popular website, TikTok. The platform “blocked” MRCTV’s posting privileges twice and removed 10 videos just in the month of February. Nearly all the videos were on the platform for weeks before TikTok’s aggressive takedowns, and the platform rejected four of MRCTV’s appeals. CensorTrack and TR were two popular programs that were censored, as well as story breakdowns and videos of liberals laughing at themselves. 

TikTok removed seven bite-sized versions of MRCTV’s most popular show, Reality Check with Brittany Hughes. In one video, MRCTV Managing Editor Brittany Hughes exposed CNN and other leftist news sites for asserting that outdoor recreation—camping, hiking, etc.—is racist. Outdoor recreation isn’t racist. Do you want to hike in the Adirondacks or wander through Yosemite? The world’s your oyster,” she stated. “What is racist is thinking minorities are pawns to be used for political gain by… treating them like stupid little victims who need the government to hold their hand just to go outside.” TikTok removed the clip over seven weeks after it was posted due to an unexplained “Community Guidelines” violation. Later, the video was reinstated. 

The platform also ditched two episodes of MRC’s weekly Big Tech censorship update, CensorTrack with TR. Tierin-Rose Mandelburg, Staff Writer and Researcher, broke down Big Tech’s attacks on Dr. Robert Malone, mRNA vaccine researcher. Six times she explained how Twitter, Facebook and YouTube removed Malone’s views on COVID-19 vaccines. TikTok deleted the video 3 weeks after its posting, inciting an unexplained violation of “Community Guidelines”. The platform also removed and refused to restore an episode highlighting Facebook’s censorship of the “COVID-19 vaccine exposed” series by Project Veritas. 

You can also see other videos that were removed here:

TikTok’s influence has been immense and it is now a part of the Chinese Communist Party. Forbes stated that TikTok was both the most popular website and the most downloaded app worldwide in 2021. TikTok’s parent company ByteDance also sold a 1 percent stake of the platform to a Beijing company owned by three communist state entities, according to Reuters.

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