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France Just Redefined Global Speech on TikTok

TikTok’s decision to block the “SkinnyTok” hashtag across its entire platform followed direct intervention from the French government, revealing how national pressure is increasingly shaping global online speech, even when the content in question is not illegal.

French Digital Minister Clara Chappaz just claimed victory, celebrating the platform’s removal of the term often associated with extreme dieting and weight loss trends. “This is a first collective victory,” she wrote on X after TikTok confirmed the ban was now global.

A spokesperson for the platform stated the hashtag was removed as part of ongoing safety reviews and due to its“link to “unhealthy weight loss content.”

While the move has been portrayed as a step forward for user safety, particularly for young audiences, it also raises deeper concerns about the role of governments in controlling speech on private platforms.

The “SkinnyTok” content, though considered by some to be harmful, does not violate any laws. Still, the French government managed to pressure TikTok into removing it worldwide. This maneuver highlights a growing trend in which authorities seek to influence online content standards beyond their own borders, often using platforms as enforcers.

Rather than work through the European Commission or wait for outcomes from the ongoing investigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA), France chose to confront TikTok directly.

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Influencer Suggests White South African Refugees Should Be Violently Targeted

A TikTok influencer responded to the resettlement of white South African refugees in America by suggesting they should be violently targeted, remarking that unlike Trump, the Afrikaners “don’t have Secret Service” protection.

The clip was posted by a TikTok user called Your Favorite Corporate Auntie, who has 116,000 followers on the social media platform.

The woman said she was providing a “public service announcement” to South African refugees entering America, 59 of whom were welcomed on Monday.

The TikTokker proceeded to deliver a smiley, passive aggressive rant in which she pointed out that “black people who were students during apartheid – we’re grandmas and grandpas now – and we have the ear of Gen Z.”

“I also wanna let you know that our president, he has Secret Service, and you will not,” she said.

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Black DJ and TikTok Influencer with Over a Million Followers Threatens to Stab White People in the Heart Like Karmelo Anthony Did

A black DJ and TikTok influencer with over a million followers has threatened to stab white people in the heart like Karmelo Anthony did to Austin Metcalf.

The shocking threat was posted by Patrick Jeanty Jr., who uses the TikTok handle “KingJeanty1989.”

In a viral video responding to the murder, Jeanty asserted he will also kill white people who “bully,” “harass,” or “approach” him.

“To all of the people who are against Karmelo Anthony, and me as a black man in America — white people I’m telling you, and I’m telling you now, you ever even think to approach me, bully me, harass me — think you gonna be with your twin brother or whatever and do anything to me, I too will pokey pokey poke you as well.”

“Straight to the heart,” Jeanty continued.

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Democrats’ Favorite Influencer Harry Sisson Accused of Tricking 11 Women—Including an Abuse Survivor—into Sending Explicit Photos via Snapchat

TikTok influencer and defacto Biden spox Harry Sisson is accused of convincing 11 women to send explicit photos via Snapchat by falsely claiming he had no other romantic interests and respected them for more than their bodies.

One accuser is a domestic abuse survivor. Specific accusers, including Carlee Hosch and Hannah, have shared detailed allegations on social media, with Hosch alleging a nine-month manipulation period.

The allegations against Sisson were brought to light by Sarah Fields, a Republican State Delegate and US Army veteran, who compiled and shared evidence of his alleged misconduct.

Fields posted on X that when the women eventually discovered each other, Sisson reportedly “called them all insane and attempted to coerce one of them into telling the public that the photos were ‘fake.’”

The allegations suggest Sisson manipulated these women by claiming he had “no roster” and respected them for more than their bodies, with one accuser being a domestic abuse survivor.

“Harry Sisson convinced 11 different women that ‘he had no roster’ and ‘respected them for more than their bodies’ while persuading them to send explicit photos of themselves through Snapchat, including one from a domestic abuse survivor,” Fields wrote on X.

She continued, “When the women discovered each other one by one, he called them all insane and attempted to coerce one of them into telling the public that the photos were ‘fake.’”

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Deranged Leftists Use “Cute Winter Boots” Code To Bypass TikTok Algo In Organizing ‘Project Mayhem’

Reports are circulating on social media suggesting that the phrase “cute winter boots,” used by some radical leftists on the Chinese-owned platform TikTok, is code for advocating violence against “cis” people and supporters of President Donald Trump. 

“Thousands of radical Leftists are currently organizing on TikTok to disguise themselves, protest, and k*ll Trump, Republicans, CEOs, and “cis” people Users are obfuscating bans with phrases such as “cute winter boots” Videos reference Luigi Mangione’s “Deny. Defend. Depose,” X user Ashley St. Clair said. 

Ashley continued, “Some organizers are calling this Project Mayhem 2025 and using key words such as “Taylor Swift” and other major pop culture references to hide insert videos into the algorithm.” 

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Trump Says Microsoft In Talks To Purchase TikTok

Late Monday night aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump told reporters that Microsoft is in discussions with the China-based tech giant ByteDance to acquire TikTok, according to a report from Bloomberg.

“I would say yes,” Trump told reporters when asked if Microsoft would purchase the short video app used by more than 170 million Americans. 

The president continued, “A lot of interest in TikTok. There’s great interest in TikTok.”

Such a deal with Chinese owner ByteDance would avert a ban in the US. On Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order extending the divest-or-ban deadline by 75 days. This extension gives ByteDance sufficient time to negotiate a deal with a US company. 

Last week, Trump told reporters he was open to X’s Elon Musk or Oracle founder Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok. 

In recent days, AI startup Perplexity proposed a merger plan with TikTok, with the US government receiving half of the new company, a source told Reuters. 

Earlier Monday, Trump told House Republican leaders at the Trump National Doral just outside Miami that he previously pushed for a ban of the video app under national security grounds; however, he changed his mind due to pro-Trump content creators that flourished on the platform.

“We’ll see what happens. We’re going to have a lot of people bidding on it, and if we can save all that voice and all the jobs, and China won’t be involved, we don’t want China involved, but we’ll see what happens,” he told lawmakers, referring to TikTok. 

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Indiana queer ‘antifascist’ activist arrested for TikTok threats to assassinate Trump and bomb ‘Nazi’ federal agencies

A leftist queer and “antifascist” activist has been federally charged over threats to kill President Trump and attack government institutions.

Douglas Thrams, 23, of Goshen, Ind., called for mass political violence against “Nazis” in the government in social media videos. Thrams posted videos on TikTok, making explicit threats, including bombing government buildings and suggesting Trump “needs to be assassinated.”

“This time don’t … miss,” Thrams said in one video.

He is currently booked in the St. Joseph County jail.

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TikTok and the Freedom of Speech

“Congress shall make no law …abridging the freedom of speech or of the press…”
~ First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon Papers case, a fascinating colloquy took place between Justice William O. Douglas and the lawyer for the government. The case was about whether the government could prevent The New York Times and The Washington Post from publishing secret documents that demonstrated that American generals had been misleading President Lyndon Johnson and he had been lying to the American public during the Vietnam War.

The documents had been stolen by Daniel Ellsberg, a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, in an act of great personal courage and constitutional fidelity, and then delivered to both newspapers. Two federal judges had enjoined the newspapers from publishing the documents, and the Supreme Court was hearing appeals by the newspapers.

When Justice Douglas asked the government lawyer if the phrase “no law” in the First Amendment literally means no law, he was unable to answer. The court found his mumbo jumbo reasoning so telling that it actually published the transcript of the Q and A in the court’s opinion itself – something it had not done before in modern times nor since.

The court ruled in that landmark case that freedom of speech and the right to know what the government is doing and the right to consult whatever source one chooses when forming an opinion each trump the government’s concerns for protection of state secrets. Thus, it matters not how the media obtains information; if it is material to the public interest, the media may publish it, without fear of civil or criminal liability.

The Pentagon Papers case was the high watermark for the freedom of speech: Freedom trumps safety. But the court studiously avoided answering Justice Douglas’ question about no law. If the Constitution means what it says, then no law literally means no law, and thus all sorts of legislation about speech – from defamation to treason to silencing TikTok – is unconstitutional. But if no law doesn’t really mean no law, then what does it mean?

Regrettably, today, no law means whatever the court says it means. That’s what happened last week when the court upheld congressional legislation silencing TikTok.

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TikTok Officially Banned in the United States – President Trump Expected to Reinstate App

TikTok has been officially banned following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to remove the app’s availability in the United States.

This comes after a Friday decision upholding a law forcing China-owned ByteDance to divest from TikTok by Sunday or face a ban from U.S. app stores.

President Trump previously asked the Supreme Court to pause the ban so his administration could be given “the opportunity to pursue a political resolution of the questions at issue in the case.”

Trump also said in an interview with NBC that he will “likely” give Tiktok a 90-day extension when he takes office.

Per NBC:

“I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it’s appropriate. You know, it’s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation,” Trump said in the phone interview.

“If I decide to do that, I’ll probably announce it on Monday,” he said.

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Biden Backpedals on TikTok Stance, While CEO Shou Zi Chew to Attend Republican Inauguration Amid Rumors of Elon Musk Acquisition

An unexpected turn of events, the 
Biden administration has reversed its position on TikTok , allowing the popular social media app to remain active in the United States despite growing national security concerns.

Additionally, it has been confirmed that 
TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, will attend the inauguration of the Republican leader , in what appears to be a symbolic gesture of détente between the government and the powerful Chinese platform.

According to reports from The New York Times and the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, Chew will have a prominent seat at the event, a gesture that underscores the platform’s relevance in today’s political and cultural landscape.

Meanwhile, rumors about a possible sale of TikTok have begun to gain traction in business circles.

Sources close to the company have confirmed that tech mogul Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X (formerly Twitter), is seriously considering acquiring the video platform.

This move would not only mark a significant shift in the ownership of one of the world’s most popular apps but could also introduce a new power dynamic between the tech giants and the Republican administration.

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