Award-winning Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda has been permanently banned from TikTok following the ownership changes in the US, with her account of 1.4 million followers deleted. Owda pointed to remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and TikTok’s new CEO Adam Presser as possible reasons for the ban, citing Netanyahu’s hope for the “purchase” of TikTok and Presser’s designation of the term “Zionist” as hate speech. Owda, known for her documentary “It’s Bisan From Gaza”, shared her video amidst ongoing challenges for foreign journalists reporting in Gaza and the recent killing of three Palestinian journalists by Israeli forces.
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