TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say

Image credit: Zulfugar Karimov via Unsplash. Article by Ashley Belanger. Ars Technica – January 27, 2026.

TikTok wants users to believe that errors blocking uploads of anti-ICE videos or direct messages mentioning Jeffrey Epstein are due to technical errors—not the platform seemingly shifting to censor content critical of Donald Trump after he hand-picked the US owners who took over the app last week. However, experts say that TikTok users’ censorship fears are justified, whether the bugs are to blame or not. […]

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