California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of Trump
Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was responsible for the issueCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom has accused TikTok of suppressing content critical of president Donald Trump, as he launched a review of the platform’s content moderation practices to...
<p>Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was responsible for the issue</p><p>California governor Gavin Newsom has accused <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/tiktok">TikTok</a> of suppressing content critical of president Donald Trump, as he launched a review of the platform’s content moderation practices to determine if they violated state law, even as the platform blamed a systems failure for the issues.</p><p>The step comes after TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, said last week it had<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/tiktok-us-venture-oracle"> finalised a deal to set up a majority US-owned joint venture</a> that will secure US data, to avoid a US ban on the short video app used by more than 200 million Americans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/gavin-newsom-tiktok-content-critical-of-trump">Continue reading...</a>
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