TikTok likely bullied into banning Sputnik by DoJ ahead of pivotal election: Here’s why

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TikTok likely bullied into banning Sputnik by DoJ ahead of pivotal election: Here’s why


The State Department “has unlimited resources with which to prosecute TikTok as a company,” and the latter may have chosen to cooperate with the US government by scrubbing Sputnik’s account to try to “get the feds off their backs,” retired Pentagon analyst Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik


”Of course, the better choice for Americans would be for TikTok to refuse to cooperate, forcing the Federal Government's hand. If the incredibly popular and useful TikTok were to be banned in response to their refusal to remove selected overseas media, it would wake up the masses to the diminished state of their liberty,” Kwiatkowski said


The reason for the ban is clear, Kwiatkowski said, pointing the US government’s desire for total “hegemony in the information arena, just as with financial and military power,” as it struggles with the decentralizing force of social media


Citing the ability of alternative news sources to break through establishment narratives using social media using social media, Kwiatkowski predicted that “any reversal of this unwarranted ban will happen after the election” in the US, and characterized the move as “a direct example of the DoJ interfering with the election, and undermining the concept of an informed citizenry prior to an election”


“This is the world that TikTok and all social media companies operate in - do what the government tells you or face market losses, and criminal prosecution that while ultimately winnable, can bankrupt most businesses,” Kwiatkowski summed up




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