The missive by the notorious leader of al-Qaeda was written in 2002 to justify the September 11 terror attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, and lay out the terror organization’s ultimate goals. At the time, the letter was published in full by The Guardian, though the British newspaper removed the article on Wednesday after it began to spread widely online.
On Thursday, TikTok announced that it would prohibit videos promoting the letter, according to Reuters.
The White House came out strongly against the sharing of Bin Laden’s letter, especially in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 massacre of Israelis.
“There is never a justification for spreading the repugnant, evil, and antisemitic lies that the leader of al-Qaeda issued just after committing the worst terrorist attack in American history,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement to The Times of Israel Thursday. READ MORE