India, Jan. 27 -- Shortly after the US and China signed off on a deal that hands control of TikTok's US operations to a group of investors backed by Donald Trump, complaints by users have reportedly begun to surge. Users reported that videos were stuck in review, views were significantly dropping, and DMs blocked words like "Epstein."

Pop Base reported in an X post, "TikTok now censors the word "Epstein" when mentioned in DMs by users in the U.S. Currently, the word is not being filtered for users in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world."

The alleged censorship of the word "Epstein" has prompted widespread backlash on social media, with many commenting on Pop Base's post. "Tiktok has been compromised," one user wrote, while a...