Satirical Impressions of Dr. Anthony Fauci Banned on TikTok
To the growing list of banned topics on Chinese Communist run TikTok, we can now add satirical impressions of Dr. Anthony Fauci. According to comedian Tyler Fischer, whose hilarious Fauci impressions have gone viral on Twitter and YouTube, apparently TikTok is not amused. According to an article in The Federalist, TikTok removed at least two of his videos for violating community standards, but he was not told why the videos were a violation.
The parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, did not respond to a query by The Federalist about this apparent ban. The Federalist reported:
"TikTok’s parent company, China-owned ByteDance, did not immediately respond to The Federalist’s inquiries.
As the novel Wuhan coronavirus pandemic comes to an end, earning its name from its first outbreak in the Hubei province of central China, Fauci has been the fiercest defender of lockdowns despite their colossal costs. The Chinese intelligence tool, TikTok, which U.S. national security officials sought to ban within American borders, has responded to Fauci’s impending irrelevance with apparent protection from criticism. Fauci has also consistently thrown cover for the China-dominated World Health Organization (WHO) and rejected theories the coronavirus emerged from a lab in Wuhan involved in research funded by Fauci’s NIAID."
A report on the incident at NotTheBee noted that the videos have been quietly restored, so the mystery continues as to what led to the removal in the first place, and why they have now been restored.