After a U.S.-led investor group took over the social media platform’s U.S. operations earlier this year, some users claimed political topics were quashed. New research contradicts their claims. Riccardo Milani/AFP via Getty Images
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As a consortium of investors led by Oracle’s Larry Ellison took control of TikTok’s U.S. business, users accused the app of throttling videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and posts related to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Posts went viral on social media pinning the perceived suppression of content on TikTok’s new