The progressive social network Tribel took 20 minutes to censor and suspend the Libs of TikTok account after it made a post saying "men can't get pregnant." Tribel defines itself as an "innovative Twitter/Facebook alternative that’s free of hate, fake news and bots." It's a platform with the same objective as Truth Social but with a vastly different ideology.
The Libs of TikTok post managed to stay on the social network for 20 minutes until it was censored, despite Tribel's denial that there was a delay. The progressive social network posted that it believes its algorithm "acted fast" and mocked Libs of TikTok:
That was quick. Your transphobic posts were quickly suppressed by our system - and then we at @TribelSocial network gave you a swift boot. Take your bigotry back to Trump's Truth Social or @kanyewest's Parler. https://t.co/RahTYpYw6N
- TribelSocialNetwork (@TribelSocial) October 25, 2022
Libs of TikTok denounced Tribel's "silenc[ing]" tactics:
BREAKING: it appears @tribelsocial suspended my account. I can no longer access it. I've tried multiple times to log in. My account lasted less than 20 minutes. I'm being silenced. pic.twitter.com/ktUarP0YPp
- Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 25, 2022
This is not the first time that social networks have censored Libs of TikTok. In August, Twitter and Facebook decided to suspend the account for "engaging in hateful conduct" by showing a recording in which some of the staff at Boston Children's Hospital allegedly admitted to performing hysterectomies on underage transgender people. Shortly before, the Washington Post published the identity and address of the person responsible for this account, making him the target of the ire of radical users.
