Hacks' Meg Stalter Says She's Deleting TikTok Amid New Policies After US Takeover
Meg Stalter is taking a stand against TikTok‘s new policies related to ICE.
The 35-year-old Hacks star shared a new post on Instagram, revealing she will be leaving the platform, where she’s garnered millions of views and likes, with thousands of followers.
However, after it was revealed the social app has officially gained US-based ownership and is unveiling new policies that pertain to government control and relate to ICE.
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“Hi so today I will be downloading my videos and deleting my tiktok page,” she wrote over a selfie. “TT is under new ownership and we are being completely censored and monitored.”
“I’m unable to upload anything about [ICE] even after I tried to trick the page by making it look like a comedy video,” Meg continued. “Let’s delete the app love you!”
In her Instagram caption, Meg wrote, “I’ve tried for hours to upload the same video and it wouldn’t show it to one person ♥️ABOLISH ICE! Delete TikTok!”
Her video was uploaded to Instagram, where she gets emotional while talking about being a “gay, Christian person” and how Jesus was “executed for challenging the system,” and urged true followers of Christ to follow the teachings of the Bible.
“You can argue the context of any scripture but you can’t argue that God doesn’t want us to love our neighbors, and our neighbors are being hunted, kidnapped, and attacked daily,” she says. “The God that I worship is extremely angry about what is going on I fully believe that. I believe he is extremely angry at our government. They are murdering people in front of us. We can not stop talking about this, we have to abolish [ICE] I truly believe it’s exactly what Jesus would do.”
She also hared a screenshot of some of the new policies and how they will track the way you interact on the platform, which include “tracking citizenship/immigration status,” “religious beliefs,” “mental and physical health diagnosis,” “your race,” “if your Trans or non-binary” and your “sexual preferences and more.”
Other celebs who have spoken out against ICE this weekend include Natalie Portman and Olivia Wilde.