California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on X that he is launching a formal review into whether the newly reorganized U.S. operations of TikTok are illegally suppressing content critical of President Donald Trump, after the platform’s high-profile sale to a Trump-aligned business group.
In a pair of posts on X from his press office and his own account, Newsom and his team outlined the basis for the state-level investigation. “Following TikTok’s sale to a Trump-aligned business group, our office has received reports — and independently confirmed instances — of suppressed content critical of President Trump. @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom is launching a review of this conduct and is calling on the California Department of Justice to determine whether it violates California law,” the governor’s press office said.
