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The Guardian: Young Americans Turning to Islam to Show Solidarity with Gaza, Understand Palestinian ‘Resilience’

Young Americans are exploring the Koran to understand Palestinian “resilience” and express solidarity with Gaza, according to a recent essay in The Guardian US, which describes the recent trend among Western youth seeking to align religious texts with progressive values, with some seeing Islam’s holy book as an “anti-consumerist, anti-oppressive, and feminist” work.

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Exclusive: Rep. Gallagher Rips ‘Massive Idiots’ Backing Bin Laden on TikTok, Calls to Ban Chinese-Owned App

Young TikTokers promoting terror leader Osama bin Laden and his propaganda are “massive idiots,” according to Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) who slammed their “absolutely disgusting” justification of the September 11 attacks and called for a ban on the Chinese-owned and influenced app before the Chinese Communist Party “checkmates the free world by controlling the dominant media platform in America and spreading this dangerous, disgusting nonsense.”

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Pew: 32% of Young People Get Their News from China’s TikTok

A recent Pew Research Center study reveals a significant increase in Americans, particularly younger adults, turning to TikTok for their news, contrasting with static or declining news consumption on other social media platforms. An alarming 32 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 turn to the China-owned platform to get their news.

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Rep. Mike Gallagher Blames TikTok for Young Americans ‘Rooting’ for Hamas: ‘Brainwashing Our Youth’ Against U.S.

A recent surge in support from young Americans for the Hamas terrorist group can be attributed predominantly to the social app TikTok, according to Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, who described it as “the largest scale malign influence operation ever conducted,” as he accused the Chinese “digital fentanyl” of “brainwashing our youth against the country and our allies.”

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Sued by 42 States for Harming Young People with Addictive Facebook, Instagram Features

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, formerly Facebook, is being sued by 42 U.S. states in multiple lawsuits accusing the tech giant of harming young people’s mental health with addictive Facebook and Instagram features. The states, however, have not filed a similar complaint against the Chinese-owned app TikTok, which has shown itself to be a danger to young people.

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WSJ: Billionaire GOP Donor Jeff Yass Is Fighting to Stop a Ban of China’s TikTok

Billionaire financier Jeff Yass has bet big on TikTok, and as a top donor to GOP lawmakers, he is fighting to stop a ban of the Chinese-owned app. The billionaire described the app causing chaos amongst American teenagers in glowing terms: “TikTok is about free speech and innovation, the epitome of libertarian and free market ideals. The idea of banning TikTok is an anathema to everything I believe.”

Billionaire GOP Jeff Yass has bet big on China's TikTok