Users on TikTok searching for “WGA” are met with a screen claiming that the phrase “may be associated with behavior or content that violates our guidelines.” No videos return. Users are also unable to search for the “WGA” hashtag.
TikTok has also blocked the search term “WGA strike.”
Additionally, it appears that TikTok is blocking results from any simple search that includes “WGA” in the search term. Including “WGA” in addition to another word — like “WGA support” or “WGA strong” — blocks results.
Users on TikTok searching for “WGA” are met with a screen claiming that the phrase “may be associated with behavior or content that violates our guidelines.
Well, yeah… of course they’re against unions.
China is a far right authoritarian government, of course they’d hate unions and force “private” companies to do shit like this.
Authoritarian Communist which is the top left of the common left to right authoritarian to libertarian political square.
The important thing is they’re central government dictates what the economic goals of the quarter will be and the various districts with to achieve it or lie to pretend they achieved it.
That contrasts with the rest of the world where the economy does what it does and we learn how the quarter was after it’s over.
The political compass isn’t real, and politics isn’t a square.
Using tiktok violates my guidelines.
Update (9/11/23): A TikTok spokesperson told Media Matters that “WGA has been inadvertently blocked as part of the platforms’ protections against QAnon conspiracy theories.” Searches for “WGA” and related terms now appear to function normally.
Looks like it got fixed
I hear that QAnon talks a lot about GOP, Republicans, conservatism, border walls, etc. - but I don’t see them censoring that
What the fuck does that even achieve? What is the game here?
They’re just being complicit in union busting. Nothing to see here.
I guess. I don’t even see how this helps anti-union assholes much. Are they thinking out of sight out of mind is going to work when there’s no new TV this fall?
Silencing the opposition so that your talking points and version of events is shown to the public is a extremely potent weapon.
I get that in general, but why does TikTok even have a dog in this fight?
I can only speculate. My own observations tell me it’s much easier for 1000 of the richest oligarchs to conspire together and show class solidarity than 200 million working class individuals. It’s especially effective when those oligarchs control the media that feeds the masses.
Microsoft, Google, Apple, and many large Silicon Valley firms were all caught colluding to keep wages suppressed by agreeing to not poach talent from each other. Why couldn’t other oligarchs collude during industry meetings.
I guess, but isn’t TikTok competition for the studio system? People watching TikTok videos mean they aren’t watching paid streaming media or TV.
I’m sure it just thinks the acronym is for something else that’s truly dangerous, and I mean that with all the sarcasm I can muster. Wild Gang Attacks, or maybe Waterproof Gazelle Assassins. Something it’s protecting the public from.
They said QAnon (i.e.: WWG1WGA)
It’s an anti-porn measure. WGA stands for We Guarantee Ass.
White Gay Authoritatians
Suppressing the timely resolution of this strike allows new media companies that don’t follow the same rules to fill the demand. I’m sure TikTok benefits from that to some small degree, but they probably suppress protest footage and related as a default to preserve “social harmony”.
