From Silicon Valley to TikTok: Larry Ellison Between U.S. Politics and Support for Israeli Occupation (Al Estiklal)
“In recent years, TikTok has emerged as one of the most influential spaces for Palestinian activists and their supporters, allowing them to reach global audiences with firsthand footage documenting Israeli Occupation war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank. For many users, especially younger ones, the platform has offered an alternative to the framing long dominant in mainstream Western media. Lara Friedman, the president of the Washington, D.C.-based Foundation for Middle East Peace, told +972 Magazine that the political consciousness of a younger generation in the West has been shaped in large part by what they encountered on TikTok: images of war on Gaza and daily violations against Palestinians that bypass traditional media filters. That visibility, she argued, is precisely what has made TikTok a strategic concern for pro-‘Israel’ lobbying groups.”