{"id":313664,"date":"2026-01-29T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-there-a-tiktok-censorship-debate-the-global-story-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:00:17","slug":"why-is-there-a-tiktok-censorship-debate-the-global-story-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-there-a-tiktok-censorship-debate-the-global-story-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is there a TikTok censorship debate? | The Global Story Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CJ1RL7xFUWM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is there a TikTok censorship debate? | The Global Story Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJ1RL7xFUWM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>TikTok users in the US have claimed that the social media platform has been censoring content critical of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Following the fatal shooting of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, in Minnesota, users reported that they couldn\u2019t upload or view videos related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security says federal agents fired in self-defence.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok disputes that functionality issues were political, attributing them instead to data centre outages.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy has exposed how a divided America is reacting to the shooting. <\/p>\n<p>Asma Khalid speaks to BBC Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent Marianna Spring.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you\u2019re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. <\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/app.magellan.ai\/listen_links\/the-global-story-ytl<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #tiktok #minneapolis #minnesota #trump <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 The censorship debate explained<br \/>\n01:20 The sale of TikTok<br \/>\n04:20 What is the new entity of TikTok?<br \/>\n05:50 Was it a Trump backed deal?<br \/>\n07:13 When did users start noticing a problem?<br \/>\n08:50 TikTok&#8217;s response<br \/>\n10:50 What happened to Alex Pretti?<br \/>\n12:03 Celebrities delete TikTok<br \/>\n13:30 How is Gavin Newsom involved?<br \/>\n17:00 Is this criticism coming from the left?<br \/>\n21:37 Closing thoughts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok users in the US have claimed that the social media platform has been censoring content critical of the Trump administration. 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