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.
My Fauci impressions are starting to be removed from TikTok for breaking “community guidelines.” Censorship causes extremism, cause now I have to go do my impressions door to door like a psychopath. 🏡 🕺🏼🏡 pic.twitter.com/EXXTz1Rp0V
— Tyler Fischer (@TyTheFisch) May 17, 2021
The parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, did not respond to a query by The Federalist about this apparent ban.
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.
Here is one of the "Fauci updates" that the Chinese Communist Party seems to find too dangerous to allow on its TikTok platform.
Important Dr. Fauci update: pic.twitter.com/xTePKmeOBk
— Tyler Fischer (@TyTheFisch) May 3, 2021
Exit question: Does TikTok also ban Winnie the Pooh?