2024届高考英语外刊阅读天天练：阅读理解专题十九

高考英语外刊阅读天天练：阅读理解专题十九 ① The Israel-Gaza war has again placed TikTok at the center of a heated argument over the globally dominant social media app’s risks and power, with critics saying the popularity of pro-Palestinian videos on the app is more evidence that it should be banned across the United States. But TikTok creators and social media experts say the reality is more nuanced: that an app with more than 1 billion users globally, is destined to offer multiple sides to big debates, especially one where positions are sharply divided by age. Jeff Morris Jr., a former executive at the dating app Tinder, went viral on the social network X over the weekend by highlighting a data point he said clearly showed that “Israel is losing the TikTok war”: Videos with the hashtag “#standwithpalestine” had 2.9 billion views, while “#standwithisrael” videos had only about 200 million. TikTok, like Facebook and YouTube, bans videos or comments promoting Hamas under its rules against extremist groups. The company says it does not influence views on the platform based on the interests of China’s government or any other, and some videos voicing support for both sides of the Israel-Gaza divide have been shared and viewed millions of times. Conservatives outraged over TikTok have been joined by some well-known voices in Silicon Valley. Sam Lessin, a tech investor, said in a widely shared online post Sunday that TikTok needed to be banned because it was “allowing terrorist propaganda to spread inside the U.S.” But Noor Tagouri, a pro-Palestinian creator and the founder of At Your Service, said the sharing of pro-Palestinian content on TikTok suggests that Gen Z viewers are not just mimicking what they see on their feeds. “This idea of brainwashing doesn’t ring true at all,” she said. “People are just witnessing what’s happening and choosing to stand up for humanity and life.” The broader understanding of TikTok is complicated by the fact that the platform is designed to