The Ledger

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Assertion Contradicted

Cotton: TikTok algorithms suppress content on Hong Kong, Tibet, and Tiananmen Square

“And of course, why you can't see anything on TikTok related to say Hong Kong or Tibet or to Tiananmen Square or the Falun Gong. This is a tool of Chinese communist propaganda.”

Tom Cotton Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 27:27 Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale

Prediction Didn’t hold up

Lonsdale: Xi Jinping will shut down TikTok rather than allow a sale

“I think because this is such a powerful tool for the CCP that Xi Jinping will not allow it to be Sold out of his control and we'll turn it off instead.”

Joe Lonsdale Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 29:26 Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale

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