Houston Chronicle Article Rating

TikTok will go 'dark' on Sunday. Texas leaders have strongly backed a ban.

Jan 18, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -50% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-17% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "It is critical that state agencies and employees are protected from the vulnerabilities presented by the use of this app and other prohibited technologies as they work on behalf of their fellow Texans.
17% : Texas Gov. Greg Abbott banned TikTok on government-issued phones in 2023, saying the app's connection to the Chinese government could threaten state information.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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