TikTok deletes video defending Kyle Rittenhouse

Published December 9, 2021 5:11pm ET



A student organization claimed to be the subject of “yet another example of social media censorship” after its TikTok video defending Kyle Rittenhouse was deleted.

Young Americans for Liberty, a nonprofit youth libertarian organization, told the Washington Examiner a TikTok video it posted defending Rittenhouse’s right to bear arms and to attend Arizona State University was flagged with a “hate speech” violation on Dec. 2. The video was then deleted after the organization submitted an appeal to TikTok asking for additional review.

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