Title: Perez Hilton Was Banned From TikTok. Why? - The New York Times
Headings: Perez Hilton vs. the Fan Armies
Perez Hilton vs. the Fan Armies
The celebrity blogger was banned from TikTok on Saturday in a move he said was influenced by the app’s biggest stars.

Content: I don’t know, Perez, maybe it’s time for you to just go to Facebook or something,” said Tatayanna Mitchell, a TikToker with 4.5 million followers, in a TikTok video she posted on Sunday. “I think it was a good decision for him to be banned,” said Grace Honeycutt, 17, a TikToker with nearly 20,000 followers. “ He used his platform to just throw around drama which was not a good thing to use his platform for.” “Frankly, this is pretty disturbing to me,” Ben Goggin, a digital culture editor at Insider, tweeted on Saturday. “ Perez was and is a controversial media figure, but this feels like a dangerous step towards media censorship in favor of prioritizing the feelings of popular creators.” Mr. Hilton’s TikTok posts fall into a loose category on the app known as “TeaTok” or “MessyTok,” in that they often consist of gossip, analysis of celebrity drama and opinionated commentary. Similar accounts, including Drama Alert and TikTok Room, have become monetized media businesses with staff or contributors. ( Mr. Hilton was also making around $3,000 a month through TikTok’s Creator Fund program.) “I think the reason I have been permanently banned without any warning is because I’ve been talking about a lot of creators on TikTok,” Mr. Hilton said in a video posted to YouTube and Twitter. “ But I haven’t done any harassing or bullying and TikTok is claiming that I am.”