Friday, December 01, 2023
Jewish tech executives met with TikTok CEO over pro-Palestinian bias concerns
A group of 40 mostly Jewish tech leaders and business executives confronted TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew last month over their concerns about antisemitism and the allegedly disproportionate popularity of pro-Palestine videos on the app, according to multiple reports.
During the Zoom meeting, the executives reportedly presented an analysis of TikTok data during the Israel-Hamas war and pushed for answers on what they felt was an "unexplainable discrepancy" in content that favored Palestinians, Fortune reported.
The analysis was backed by 90 co-signers, including Tinder co-founder Sean Rad, ex-Meta chief revenue officer David Fischer and Bonobos co-founder Andy Dunn, according to Bloomberg.
"For every view of pro-Israel posts, there are about 54 views of pro-Palestine posts," one of the executives, AIX Ventures partner Anthony Goldbloom, told Fortune. "If TikTok was just a mirror reflecting back what people believe, it shouldn't be a 54:1 ratio."
The executives also raised concerns about the rise of antisemitic violence and nudged TikTok to reconsider its thinking on which videos violate its guidelines.
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