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Why Is TikTok Letting Nazis Post Freely Without Banning Them?
I’ve gone viral on TikTok a few times. The highs were incredible — thousands of supportive comments, hilarious reactions, genuine engagement. But with virality comes the other side of the coin: hate. And I don’t mean the occasional troll or someone having a bad day. I’m talking about a pattern — a deeply unsettling one.
This post isn’t about canceling a platform. It’s about what I’ve seen, what many of us have seen, and why we can’t just scroll past it anymore.
Where Humor Gets Banned — But Hate Doesn’t
Let’s start with the strange reality I keep facing: I’ll post a sarcastic comment, a harmless joke, and within 10–15 minutes, it’s gone. Removed. Flagged for violating community guidelines.
Yet I scroll for five minutes and find overt racism, Nazi symbolism, and coded hate speech proudly displayed in user bios, videos, and comments. These accounts? Still up. Still active. Still engaging with others. My joke about a celebrity? Banned. Their glorification of hate? Apparently “within guidelines.”
I’ve tried reporting. I’ve flagged bios with Nazi hails. I’ve documented hate speech. Every time, I get the same automated…