TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 16 (Reuters) - TikTok will prohibit content that promotes Osama bin Laden's 2002 letter detailing the former al Qaeda leader's justifications for attacks against Americans, the short-form video app said on Thursday.
"Content promoting this letter clearly violates our rules on supporting any form of terrorism," TikTok said in a statement, adding that reports that it was "trending" on the platform were inaccurate.
A search for "Letter to America" on TikTok surfaced no results on Thursday, with a notice that said the phrase may be associated with "content that violates our guidelines."
On Wednesday, The Guardian removed the full text of bin Laden's letter, which it had published in 2002.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, Osama bin, al, Laden, TikTok, Josh Gottheimer, Andrew Bates, Renee DiResta, Sheila Dang, David Shepardson, Rosalba O'Brien, David Gregorio Our
Organizations:
REUTERS, U.S, Democratic, Guardian, Stanford Internet Observatory, Thomson
Locations:
al Qaeda, Israel, United States, Pakistan, America, Austin, Washington