Lots of misinformation going around about this TikTok "ban", so I've been doing some research. Let's set the record straight. With reputable sources, because I'm not a Republican. Please spread the word, we have to be smarter than this. 🧵
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➡️ Republicans in Congress put the TikTok shutdown in a Ukraine aid bill giving Democrats no choice but to vote for it and Biden no choice but to sign it. This was a cynical, disgusting maneuver using people's lives to manipulate the process to score political points.
➡️ TikTok made the decision to shut their servers down today, the government did not do this. TikTok is doing this so Trump can look like a hero to a billion uninformed users when TikTok magically comes back after he is sworn in.
➡️ Trump started this entire thing and is playing us all. Do not let yourself be played like this. Do not go back to TikTok when it comes back online, this was all a game to manipulate you. You have other options.
➡️ Trump changed his position in March after meeting with a Republican billionaire donor who owns significant shares of ByteDance. Again, they're playing us.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-battle-with-republicans-biden-sign-ukraine-aid-package-2024-04-24
https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-executive-order-1e95d9836bf6f8c0c245ed1c3234d968
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-voluntarily-shuts-down-in-u-s-divest-or-ban-law-set-to-take-effect
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-tiktok-ban-reversal-after-meeting-megadonor-stake/story?id=108013785