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b"The ongoing discourse around social media and extremism took a strange twist earlier this month after users of the social media platform Tik Tok discovered a 2002 work by Osama bin Laden called \\u201cLetter to America.\\u201d Tik Tokers noted the letter\\u2019s analysis of American imperialism and its effects on the Middle East, as well as the influence of Zionist thought on American politics. Many expressed shock and acted as if the brief letter completely altered their conception of the world, as if this was the very first critique of American foreign policy they ever encountered. This controversy ignited a very dumb conversation about the influence of social media, and Tik Tok in general, on young people. \\n\\nTo unpack this tempest in a teapot, Travis, Jake, and Liv discuss the letter itself, how Tik Tokers reacted to it, and how the controversy may be inflated by panic over Chinese-owned Tik Tok.\\n\\nSubscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to our archive of premium episodes and ongoing series like Manclan, Trickle Down and The Spectral Voyager: www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous\\n\\nLiv Agar: livagar.com / linktr.ee/livagar\\n\\nMusic by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.\\n\\nqanonanonymous.com\\n\\nReferences:\\n\\nFull Text: bin Laden\\u2019s Letter to America\\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20040615081002/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html\\n\\nLetter to American people Wikipedia Page\\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_the_American_people\\n\\n404 Media: The Guardian Deletes Osama Bin Laden\\u2019s Letter to America Because it Went Viral on TikTok\\nhttps://www.404media.co/guardian-deletes-osama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-after-it-goes-viral-on-tiktok/\\n\\nWashington Post: How Osama bin Laden\\u2019s \\u2018Letter to America\\u2019 reached millions online\\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2023/11/16/guardian-osama-bin-laden-letter-to-america/\\n\\n\\nCNN: Some young Americans on TikTok say they sympathize with Osama bin Laden\\nhttps://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/16/tech/tiktok-osama-bin-laden-letter-to-america/index.html\\n\\nVice News: TikTok Says It's Not the Algorithm, Teens Are Just Pro-Palestine\\nhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjb8b/tiktok-its-not-the-algorithm-teens-are-just-pro-palestine\\n\\nVice News: TikTok Says It's Not the Algorithm, Teens Are Just Pro-Palestine\\nhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjb8b/tiktok-its-not-the-algorithm-teens-are-just-pro-palestine\\n\\n\\nRyan Broderick: TikTok teens aren\\u2019t stanning Osama Bin Laden\\nhttps://www.garbageday.email/p/tiktok-teens-arent-stanning-osama\\n\\n\\nReuters: Montana to become first US state to ban Tik Tok\\nhttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/montana-governor-signs-bill-banning-tiktok-state-2023-05-17/\\n\\n\\nNew York Times: Nikki Haley Renews Call for TikTok Ban After Bin Laden Letter Circulates\\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/us/politics/nikki-haley-tiktok-ban.html\\n\\nNew York Times: Lawmakers Renew Calls to Ban Tik Tok After Accusations of Anti-Israel Content\\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/tiktok-accusations-anti-israel-content.html"