The real reason behind your inability to mark Portland on Tiktok during Trump’s invasion

President Donald Trump turned his attention to Portland, Oregon, claiming that there was a “rebellion” taking place in the city. Federal clients brutally dealt with the demonstrators at the Immigration and Customs Department in the center of Portland, and Trump called the National Guard forces to invade the city, although federal courts have placed some road barriers at the present time.

But if you are spending any time on Tiktok, you may have seen people claiming during the past week that they could not mark Portland in their videos. One video has been published called 2.8 million views. The common theory is that there is censorship that occurs now, as Trump’s allies are preparing to control the platform.

But Tiktok says there is an explanation related to the change in August. They say that it has nothing to do with Trump or the imminent ownership of the United States of Tiktok.

“In August, we put forward a new base that limits signs on the site for the content created using the IP -based site (the default in the United States, given that Tiktok does not collect accurate GPS data here).” Jason Gross, a Tiktok spokesman, told Gizmodo via email.

Gross noted that the new rule applies only to the videos that are filmed directly in the application. If the user creates a picture or a video clip while using Tiktok tools, this image or video can only be marked using the cities in the state where he stands or one state. But this does not apply to the photos or videos that are taken by phone and found in a specific user exhibition.

“But if they download from their photo gallery, they can mark any site, including Portland or other cities. This is not related to Portland,” the spokesman said.

This does not explain the reason for the claim of some users in Portland that they are facing a problem with a mark on the city, but Gizmodo has not been able to reproduce the allegations submitted. We had no problem in Portland and we could watch a lot of videos from Portland, whether on non -political topics or from the ICE facility where the protests recently focused. For example, there are videos of a federal customer Pepper spray bombing In the air opening for the outfit for the demonstrators.

Some videos from Portland He Amnesty InternationalIt is a completely different box of worms to be treated. But it does not seem to have anything to do when it comes to controlling the geographical location of Portland, just a new base that only allows people who take the video from inside the application to stand in the place where they are standing. Or one state ended for some reason.

Trump summoned the members of the National Guard in Oregon to spread in Portland during the weekend, but the judge temporarily stopped this on Saturday. Unbelievable, Trump tried to summon hundreds of California National Guard forces the next day, until he moved them air to Portland. But the judge also stopped this on Sunday, noting that the US Department of Justice was pretending to be ignorant in an attempt Violation of the court.

Trump has suggested that he may resort to the rebellion law, a law dating back to 1792, which makes it easier for the president to deploy forces in the American streets. Not only is Portland. Trump targets every large city that it classifies as running by Democrats.

“We have a rebellion law for some reason,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Tuesday. Monday. “If you have to activate it, I will do it. If people are killed, the courts are holding us, or if the conservatives or mayors are arrested by us, then I will surely do so.”

Where did Trump got the idea that Portland is in a crisis? Many of them seem to stem from the fact that Fox News has continued to run TV programs since the summer of 2020 in Portland. This was during the first period of Trump, when he suppressed the protests Secret police They also kidnapped people from the streets of the United States. There have been severe damage to property in many major cities, all of which are a reaction to the police brutality, which was embodied in the video that spread widely to kill George Floyd by the police in Minyabolis in that summer.

But what about the right of right content on Tiktok since Trump announced that Oracle and his ideological comrades will get a big share? According to the novels, Gizmodo has seen a rise in Maga’s compatible videos that overwhelm our page allocated to you in recent months. But given the current events, this may also be a more innocent interpretation that has nothing to do with the Tiktok modification of the algorithm in favor of Trump.

The killing of Charlie Kerk, Maga’s influencer, on September 10, was the largest story in the world at the time, and his death videos were widespread everywhere. If you watch any kirk videos or interact with it, the algorithm will want to feed you more. All you see and interact with it online will create an episode of reactions. This question has become a question of “chicken or egg” in the current scene of social media.

Do I watch videos of the white racist Nick Fentez on Tiktok (something I have not seen before recent weeks) because it is more popular, or is it more popular because the algorithm shows his videos to everyone? It is very difficult to determine this without accessing Tiktok data. Fuentes was a pivotal in Kirk’s story, given the fact that the white racist was attacking Kirk to become more extreme and anti -Semitic for years.

Long and short of it? There does not seem to be censorship on the videos issued by Portland, and we have no evidence that right -wing actors were manipulating the algorithm to deliberately show everyone. But this can change very soon. Remember that the Tiktok deal has not been completed yet. Trump said last week that he would like to become more important Tiktok.

“If I can, I will make it 100 % connected to Maga,” Trump said in the Oval Office. September 25. “It is really a good question, but I will do … If I can make it 100 % Maga, I will do it. But it will not go this way, unfortunately.”

We will see about it.