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Teen’s TikTok reinstated after posting about Muslim concentration camps

Aziz Ferora

At the beginning of her video, 17-year-old Ferora Aziz is showing viewers on TikTok how to use an eyelash curler. Soon, she shifts subjects, instead criticizing China’s treatment of Muslims at detention centers.

““Then you’re gonna put [the curler] down and use your phone that you’re using right now to search up what’s happening in China,” Aziz said, according to Vox. “How they’re getting concentration camps, throwing innocent Muslims in there, separating their families from each other, kidnapping them, murdering them, raping them … this is another Holocaust.”

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Hi guys, I made a video about the situation in China with how the government is capturing the Uyghur Muslims and placing them into concentration camps. Once you enter these camps, you’re lucky if you get out. Innocent humans are being murdered, tortured, raped, receiving shock therapy, and so much more that I can’t even describe. They are holding a genocide against Muslims and they’re getting away with it. We need to spread awareness. I know it might sound useless, what can spreading awareness and talking about this even do? What are we supposed to do about it? We have our voices and technology to help us. Speak to those who can help! The UN failed to stop this genocide in the summer, we can’t let that happen again. We can’t be silent on another holocaust that is bound to happen. We can’t be another failed generation of “what could’ve, should’ve, would’ve”. We are strong people. We can do this. Only if we try #muslim #islam #tiktok #uyghurmuslims #china #freepalestine

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However, after the video racked up millions of views, Aziz was banned from TikTok and she accused the company, which is owned by the Chinese-based ByteDance, of discriminating against her.

“TikTok does not moderate content due to political sensitivities,” the company said in a statement, as reported by CNN. TikTok said that Aziz’s account suspension was the result of a ban from one of Aziz’s previous accounts where she had a video featuring Osama bin Laden.

China denied that there were ethical violations in their treatment of Muslims.

“The measures that the Xinjiang government takes are about counter-terrorism and de-radicalization,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said, according to CNN.

This is not the first time that TikTok has come under fire for its relationship with China. Vox reports that in October, Senators Chuck Schumer and Tom Cotton co-authored a letter asking the U.S. intelligence community to assess any national security concerns connected to TikTok.

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