{"id":21841,"date":"2026-02-03T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/disastrous-start-for-us-tiktok-as-users-cry-censorship\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:37:24","slug":"disastrous-start-for-us-tiktok-as-users-cry-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/disastrous-start-for-us-tiktok-as-users-cry-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Disastrous start for US TikTok as users cry censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

New US-owned app struggled with a storm and was accused of blocking content critical of Trump \u2013 can it recover?<\/p>\n

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m Blake Montgomery, writing to you from Doha, where I\u2019m moderating panels about AI and investing as part of the Web Summit Qatar.<\/p>\n

I want to bring your attention to the impact of a Guardian story. In December, we published a story, \u201c\u2018A black hole\u2019: families and police say tech giants delay investigations in child abuse and drug cases<\/a>\u201d, about grieving families and law enforcement officers who say that Meta and Snapchat have slowed down criminal investigations. (The tech companies contend that they cooperate.) This month, Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill to compel social media platforms to respond to warrants in 72 hours.<\/p>\n

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\nNew US-owned app struggled with a storm and was accused of blocking content critical of Trump \u2013 can it recover?
\nHello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m Blake Montgomery, writing to you from Doha, where I\u2019m moderating panels about AI and investing as part of the Web Summit Qatar.
\nI want to bring your attention to the impact of a Guardian story. In December, we published a story, \u201c\u2018A black hole\u2019: families and police say tech giants delay investigations in child abuse and drug cases\u201d, about grieving families and law enforcement officers who say that Meta and Snapchat have slowed down criminal investigations. (The tech companies contend that they cooperate.) This month, Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill to compel social media platforms to respond to warrants in 72 hours.
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\nCan you guess our screen time? A priest, pensioner, tech CEO and teenager reveal all Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New US-owned app struggled with a storm and was accused of blocking content critical of Trump \u2013 can it recover? Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m Blake Montgomery, writing to you from Doha, where I\u2019m moderating panels about AI and investing as part of the Web Summit Qatar. I want to bring your attention to …<\/p>\n

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