The consistency of pro-Palestinian content across social networks, whether Chinese or American owned, undercuts an argument that has become central to the latest wave of anti-TikTok rage in Washington: that the Chinese government is manipulating TikTok's algorithm to play up pro-Palestinian viewpoints and that the app, which has 150 million users in the United States, should be banned nationwide.
In an essay for a blog called The Free Press, Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican who leads a House committee devoted to challenging China's governing Communist Party, said the app was "brainwashing our youth against the country and our allies" with "rampant pro-Hamas propaganda" and was "perhaps the largest scale malign influence operation ever conducted."
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