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by like_any_other 408 days ago
> If TikTok didn't exist, wouldn't you expect those Pro-Palestine viewpoints to appear somewhere else?

Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43655603

Meta: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content - https://text.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorshi...

Facebook has severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets to reach an audience during the Israel-Gaza war, according to BBC research - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c786wlxz4jgo

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This is the smoking gun of actual free speech violation rather than the US government banning a particular platform wholesale.

To be a first amendment violation this would technically have to involve the US government working to censor American's speech over Palestine. Functionally, though, this is a government censoring specific speech and feels very much like a free speech issue.

Free speech is a broader concept than just the first amendment, or any one specific legal code.