
The al-Qaeda terrorist mastermind's letter went viral this week on the platform. A Republican lawmaker suggested that the U.S. ban social media app TikTok after videos showed people showing sympathy for a letter written by slain terrorist leader Osama bin Laden amid the Israel–Hamas conflict. In one video with about 1 million views, a TikTok user claimed that “everything we learned about the Middle East, 9/11, and ‘terrorism’ was a lie.” However, some on social media have criticized the trend and said al-Qaeda and bin Laden were, in part, responsible...