Israel has ruined TikTok but that’s the point

The ADL said TikTok was a problem for Israel. Two years later, it's now owned by a pro-Israel billionaire. Coincidence? Maura Finkelstein doesn't think so.
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Maura Finkelstein

Maura Finkelstein

16 March, 2026

Maura Finkelstein is a writer and anthropologist. She is the author of The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai, published by Duke University Press in 2019. In addition to academic writing, her essays have been published by Post45, Electric Literature, Allegra Lab, Red Pepper Magazine, The Markaz Review, the Scottish Left Review, Mondoweiss, Middle East Eye, and Al Jazeera.

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