Actress Megan Stalter has deleted her TikTok account after accusing the platform of censoring posts critical of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Hacks star said she would download her videos and leave the app because it is under “new ownership and we are being completely censored and monitored”.
In an Instagram post, Stalter claimed she was unable to upload anything about ICE even after attempting to disguise it as comedy content. “Let’s delete the app, love you,” she wrote.
TikTok attributed the issue to a power outage at a US data centre, which caused a cascading systems failure. The company said users may experience bugs, slower load times, or timed-out requests, and that view counts and earnings may temporarily display as zero due to server timeouts.
Musician Billie Eilish also shared a video by her brother Finneas on Instagram, alleging that TikTok is “silencing people”. Finneas’s post, which criticised US gun laws, reportedly reached zero viewers, though it later showed 1.4 million views with comments noting glitches.
The controversy comes amid protests following two fatal shootings by ICE agents in Minnesota this month. The Trump administration maintains the agents acted in self-defence, a claim disputed by protesters citing video evidence.
