The headline writer did not read the story. Protests are being called music festivals, not raids.

US libs: "PEOPLE IN COMMUNIST CHINA ARE FORCED TO USE SLANG WHEN TALKING ABOUT CHINESE ATROCITIES TO GET PAST CENSORSHIP!!"

Also US libs: "Unalive" "Music Festival" Bleeping out Palestine "This is fine and way better than communist China"

Also interesting how Tiktok only started doing this after they were forcibly sold off from the Chinese parent company and was forced to conform to "Western values" eh?

People clearly realize that these algorithms are suppressing dissidents and freedom of speech. Why do they continue to subject themselves to these hacky workarounds and self-censorship?

Idiots will do anything just so they dont have to learn how Email works.

I like Tiktok for funny and helpful videos, but I deleted it because I realized the algorithm was controlling too much of what I was seeing. I realized it was starting to shape my opinions and split.

Their algorithm is a drug and spreads propaganda just like Facebook. Stay far away.

How about not using a platform that supress information about dissent?

This is super shady, how can people trust this app?

Hearing about the same thing for Portland too

Users claim that videos about the protests in LA are getting “shadow banned,” or secretly censored by the TikTok algorithm, with TikTokers in other states saying they were unaware of the protests because the content hadn’t appeared on their feeds. TikTok declined to comment. According to its community guidelines, the platform makes content it deems “not suitable for a broad audience” harder to find in search and ineligible for the “For You Page.” Eligibility standards list hate speech, misinformation, dangerous activity and other subjects as prohibited. Protests are not listed as prohibited content. 

Now creators have switched to code words, referring to protests as music festivals to help on-the-ground reports reach a wider audience. Though LA Public Press could not determine who first coined the term, by Wednesday, “Music Festivals 2025” and “LA Music Festival” were trending on the app. There are currently no major music festivals happening in LA right now.