TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data As TikTok's future remains uncertain, a number of prominent moguls and companies are competing for the opportunity to purchase the app.
Hunter Schafer, a prominent trans actress and model, warned TikTok followers against complacency, saying her passport sex had been changed to "male."
As TikTok disappeared from phones throughout the United States on Jan. 18, students at California State University, East Bay were worried that this was the beginning of a new form of social media censorship.
Trans people are beautiful,” Schafer said in an eight-minute TikTok video. “We are never going to stop existing.”
President Trump's executive order that pauses the TikTok ban expires in April. In the meantime, Missouri content creators are adjusting the uncertainty and figuring out a path forward.
Euphoria star Hunter Schafer has revealed her newly issued passport now lists her sex as male. The 26-year-old trans actor and activist’s harsh new reality comes amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing fight to erase protections for LGBT+ Americans.