California’s Newsom launches TikTok probe, accusing app of suppressing Trump criticism

2026-01-27 - 17:43

California Governor Gavin Newsom accused TikTok ‍on Monday of suppressing content critical of US President Donald Trump as he launched a review to decide if its content moderation practices violated state law, while the platform cited a systems failure. Newsom’s statement came after TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, last week finalised a deal to ⁠set up a majority US-owned joint venture that will secure US data, to avert a ban on the short video app used by more than 200 million...