“Rest assured, we aren’t going anywhere,” Chew said in the two-minute video posted to TikTok’s main corporate account
In recent years the Chinese government has moved towards becoming more intolerant and homophobic towards LGBTQ people
Human rights activists expressed grave concerns that already marginalized groups in China are going to be further negatively impacted
The censorship sparked immediate outrage by some LGBTQ groups while others fearful of escalation remained silent.