Palestine
For 75 years Palestine has been going through devastating events that no one should ever have to live through, below are some ways you can help.
Donate:
You can use Project Olive Branch to "adopt" a family, helping them get out of Gaza, visit the spreadsheet here to see who you can help.
Most aid trucks have not been able to get into Gaza, so donating directly to families may be more helpful currently, however here are some organizations that managed to get into Gaza.
Can't afford to directly donate? Here are other ways you can indirectly donate!
Specific to tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8TB1929/
Additionally some creators will donate the funds made from certain videos to the cause, so look into those as well.
Watermelon Wax Melt: Coming Soon, all profits from this will be donated to families on Operation Olive Branch.
Visit JVP'S Website, they have info on who to call for a ceasefire: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/take-action/
BDS has a list of brands to take action against: https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide
Uplift Their Voices
Uplift the voices talking about the genocide happening in Palestine anytime you see them! You can do this by commenting things like what’s below, make sure it’s at least five words!
"This information is so helpful!"
"This skin routine is amazing!"
"These travel tips are great!"
"Thank you for this information, I can't wait to try this out!"
Why comment things like this? It tricks the algorithm into thinking that the content isn't about Palestine and is instead about travel/vlogging content, makeup tutorials, etc. By doing this you're helping to trick the TikTok algorithm, keeping these videos from being shadow banned.
What shouldn't you comment?
- "Boost", this is something the algorithm looks for to suppress.
- Random strings of emojis, TikTok considers this spam, meaning it's more harmful than helpful to the post's performance.
Digital Wheatpasting
By commenting information about what's happening on large creator's videos who aren't at risk of being shadow banned you can trick the algorithm into thinking that the content was about Palestine. Once the algorithm has been tricked searching the creator's name can bring up more news about what's happening. It also helps to spread the information to those who might be ill-informed.