Mike Gallagher , a Republican, and Raja Krishnamoorthi , a Democrat, have staunchly backed the idea of banning the app. / Photo: Reuters Archiveaiming to ban TikTok in the US, received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funding from the pro-Israel lobby, according to official records.
“They consider TikTok to be a biased place that is amplifying more pro-Palestine viewpoints than pro-Israel.” TikTok and its parent ByteDance have challenged the law at a US court. They have been joined by content creators who say the ban violates their constitutional rights.issued soon after ByteDance sued the US government, Krishnamoorti alleged the company is controlled by the Communist Party of China, and his bill had received overwhelming support from American lawmakers.“They consider TikTok to be a biased place that is amplifying more pro-Palestine viewpoints than pro-Israel.
Former US President Donald Trump’s administration tried banning TikTok in 2020, but a federal judge blocked the move. Israel attacked the Palestinian enclave after Hamas fighters infiltrated across the border and killed 1,200 people in Israeli settlements. Tel Aviv’s following onslaught has been what human rights activists are calling a genocide. The Israeli military has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children.
This has had a tremendous impact on Gen Z’s understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As American public opinion has shifted, pro-Israeli lawmakers have worried that Tel Aviv is failing to peddle its narrative.