California’s Newsom accuses TikTok

California Governor Gavin Newsom accused TikTok on Monday of ⁠suppressing content critical of President Donald Trump as he launched a review of the platform’s content ‌moderation practices to determine ⁠if they violated state law. The step comes after TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, said it had finalized a deal to set up ‍a majority U.S.-owned joint venture that will secure U.S. data, to avoid a U.S. ban on the short video app used by more than 200 million Americans. “Following TikTok’s sale ⁠to a Trump-aligned business group, our office has received reports, and independently confirmed instances, of suppressed content critical of President Trump,” Newsom’s office said on X, without elaborating. “Gavin Newsom is launching a review of this conduct and ‌is calling on the California Department of Justice to determine whether it violates California law,” it added. The White House and TikTok did not immediately respond to a request ⁠for comment. Newsom, a Democ