TiT●ToK

While casually scrolling through my For You Page on TikTok, a so-called women's rights protest popped up in my feed. You wouldn’t believe how many bare breasts were being flashed across the screen, like catching a sudden glare from the sun. Normally, I’d be supportive of those women, the uploader, and their beliefs being openly displayed. But I couldn’t help feeling irritated, and here’s why.

TikTok recently removed an artistic music video I uploaded, titled Perfect Disguise - Modest Mouse (Fan Video), citing nudity as the reason for its removal—despite the fact that the video contains zero nudity. It’s still available on Rumble and YouTube without issue, yet TikTok took it down within minutes of uploading.

I was baffled, but not nearly as baffled as I was when this “titty march” appeared in my feed without warning. Even more shocking? TikTok claims this protest video doesn’t violate their guidelines. To highlight this inconsistency, I created this response video. It barely features anything from the original video, which is still live and being broadcast to millions, with no sign of those shirts coming back on anytime soon.

So here we are: TikTok banned an actual artistic video—one you can still watch elsewhere—but allows what I can only describe as a “titty parade” to stay up indefinitely. The caption on the original protest video, published by Brut, translates to: ‘The action of Femen in front of the Louvre against violence against women throughout Oman.’ The video is still live; check for yourself.

Why my 24-second, mostly blurred-out video triggered such a severe response from TikTok tells me one thing: their censorship policies are blatantly biased.