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2 days agoWill TikTok's New Owners Censor Pro-Palestine Content?
Potential U.S. buyers of TikTok could shift censorship toward pro-Palestine content, concentrating media power under conservative oligarchs.
Most grocery stores across the West trace back to a few major corporations. Whether you're visiting King Soopers in Colorado, Smith's in Utah or Fred Meyer in Oregon, you'll find the same Kroger-brand products. The original names of the once-locally owned grocers might remain, but the shops are now just part of one of the nation's largest grocery corporations. A handful of companies control the production and distribution of most of our food, and the West plays a leading role in that system.