Conservative creators claim TikTok has started heavily censoring their videos over the last month
Conservative content creators are sounding alarms, claiming that TikTok is systematically taking down and demonetizing their videos ahead of the midterms.“I basically know every single video will be removed before I even press upload, so I miss out on creator funds and the ability to reach larger audiences,” Chloe Trapanotto (@itsallpolitics), who has nearly 500,000 followers on the platform, told The Post.She said it started with an Aug.12 video calling out the “new left,” in which she directly quoted Hasan Piker — including his remark that “America deserved 9/11.” She also noted Francesca Hong’s anti-Thanksgiving stance.
The video is still live on other platforms like Instagram but was removed from TikTok within minutes.Since then, almost 80% of her videos have been flagged, the 24-year-old claimed.Meanwhile, on Aug.29, Nate Friedman (@natefriedman), an independent digital journalist, posted his latest documentary video, “The Islamic takeover of Manhattan,” to his nearly 2 million followers across various platforms.The doc features interviews with dozens of religious community members and nearby residents.
There are local Imams saying people should be fine hearing the calls to prayer and neighbors saying the area had become a “no go zone.” It quickly hit 1.5 million views on TikTok as the social media giant ran ads against it.But, by Sept.
1, Friedman said, the video had been pulled for “community guidelines.”“They rejected my appeal and just cited ‘community guidelines.’ This is something I’ve dealt with constantly since the app’s inception,” he told The Post.“I simply can’t post on TikTok without being worried that it will be taken down — my last three documentaries have all been censored or banned,” Xaviaer DuRousseau (@xaviaer), is a 29-year-old conservative commentator based in Beverly Hills who regularly discusses politics and culture and has nearly three million followers across TikTok, Instagram, and X.
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