Former San Jose State University volleyball star Brooke Slusser was temporarily banned from TikTok after posting several videos discussing her alleged experience sharing a team and apartment with a transgender teammate. Her account, which was “permanently banned” according to screenshots obtained by Fox News Digital, was later restored Tuesday after publication.Slusser provided screenshots to Fox News Digital showing the notification of her banishment and an unsuccessful appeal. The notifications cite violations of “community guidelines.” “We ask that all users follow our Community Guidelines to help us maintain a safe, respectful TikTok community,” the notification read. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMFox News Digital has reached out to TikTok for comment as to why her account was banned and then restored, but has not received a response. “I’m pretty mad about it,” Slusser told Fox News Digital after the initial ban occurred. TikTok previously banned the activist sportswear brand XX-XY Athletics, which Slusser is signed with, after it posted an advertisement video advocating for the protection of women and girls’ sports from biological male trans athletes.TikTok was previously owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, before finalizing a $14 billion deal to shift its U.S. operations to a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, to avoid a federal ban. However, ByteDance still owns approximately 20% of the company. Slusser has been the target of a viral left-wing hate campaign on TikTok and X over the last week after she began to speak out about her alleged experience at SJSU. Her content started coming out after the university, and the California State University (CSU) system, filed a lawsuit against the federal government to challenge a Department of Education investigation that determined SJSU violated Title IX in its handling of a transgender volleyball player. On X, the left-wing attacks on Slusser came in response to an interview with Fox News Digital in which she reflected on living in the same apartment with a transgender teammate, Blaire Fleming.”You find out you’re just chilling in a bed with a man that you have no idea about… I [was] unknowingly sharing a bed at that time with a man,” Slusser said in the interview, also alleging that SJSU volleyball coach Todd Kress encouraged her to live in the same apartment as the trans teammate when another group of players was also looking for a final tenant. The fallout of the interview has prompted high-profile activists, lawmakers and even an actor to speak out, taking a side behind or against Slusser.A coalition of “save women’s sports” activists rushed to Slusser’s defense, with OutKick host Riley Gaines, XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova and former ESPN star Sage Steele leading the charge to defend Slusser from the pro-trans detractors.”I would just say people that don’t know my life or
TikTok restores Brooke Slusser account after ‘permanently’ banning her after videos on SJSU volleyball scandal
