TikTok is ‘aggressively removing’ videos promoting an Osama bin Laden manifesto - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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autotldr@lemmings.world on 17 Nov 2023 02:45 next collapse

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TikTok is taking action against content promoting the manifesto Osama bin Laden wrote discussing his supposed motivations for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Dozens of videos about the manifesto, titled “Letter to America,” have surfaced on TikTok over the past several days, with CNN reporting the topic amassed “at least” 14 million views by Thursday.

Originally published in 2002, the manifesto criticizes the US government’s presence in the Middle East and support of Israel.

One video, which has since been removed from TikTok, had a text overlay saying “trying to go back to life as normal after reading Osama Bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ and realizing everything we learned about the Middle East, 9/11, and ‘terrorism’ was a lie.”

“Content promoting this letter clearly violates our rules on supporting any form of terrorism,” TikTok writes on X.

The platform says it also doesn’t allow “inaccurate, misleading, or false content that may cause significant harm to individuals or society, regardless of intent.”


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