Computer and data programmers are the new steelworkers and machinists of the past. Why don't we have a President who can say, let's ensure our social media apps are "made in the USA"?
Why aren’t the Dems reminding everyone that this ban is because of Trump. Once again, the Democrats will sit and react instead of being proactive. This is why we lose elections.
No. Josh Hawley wrote the bill. Biden has said over and over again he wasn’t enforcing the ban. Now Trump gets credit for saving TikTok because TikTok chose to shut down early. Trump is now asking that US gets 50% control. Thats state media, which is inline with Fuhrer Trump.
Yes, I believe it was! That’s why a lot of people on TT are angry with the government as a whole and the billionaires who have all of the control and power. If TT is bought by Musk or Zuck, I will happily show my self out! I refuse to support them!
Yes, I have been on TikTok and I haven’t seen the anger at the government. So instead of assuming everyone sees the same stuff maybe hold off on the “my experience is the same as everyone else” attitude.
Just deactivate your account if you still have one. As far as I understand a lot of people have since he took over and especially within the last few weeks.
He gets it banned, then gets it un-banned. Americans then praise him and blame Biden for it! Hahaha this is beyond stupid. He really knows how to con a huge swath of our fellow citizens. It’s truly sad!
Remember that T initiated the takedown with an Executive Order in 2020. Now that it serves him, he will “save it”…. Just wait…. He really is a brilliant propagandist. This is the scary part. #StagedSavior
It's obvious what will happen. Tik Tom is down now but come Day 1 Trump will suddenly ignore the Supreme Court and overturn the ban. Suddenly all those business owners on Tik Tok will sing his praises and even the kids will be happy. Everyone's a winner. Perfectly engineered to make him look great.
Ohhh right, I still can not understand how it’s not and the primary focus! But I guess it’s all of the money they get from the NRA, I mean money always comes first right..😔😡
Capcut works just fine: it’s a video editor. You just can’t post to TikTok from the US right now. You can post to anything owned by Meta however. It’s a stunt. Biden signed a *request * it be taken off US and not till 1/20. TikTok is down instead & posted that Trump (all hail?) will reinstate it.
I signed up on rednote. I can't figure out how to send a message. I enter my number and that doesn't work. I also can't figure out how yo update my profile name.
Any content that is critical of Trump or anything his administration does being prohibited, as a condition of making it available in the US again, is where this is going.
Don't they know that will be very bad. It was the only place we got the truth through video about the CA fires. A lot of people just lost their income.
It’s all a ruse.
Just like the fake assassination attempts
Too many American young people use TikTok. It was never meant to be turned off more than a couple days. This is their way of looking for the youth vote.
CCP bans all outside media to brainwash their people into compliance while at the same time they try to destroy democracy here and around the world. Trump is pro-CCP and anti democracy, FYI.
They’ve probably figured out that when the brain has been exposed to enough short attention span, mind-numbing dopamine releasing videos, it becomes more receptive to subtle propaganda, like the genius Chinese preschool videos.
Tik tok started that way yes. Now we have entire communities supporting vulnerable populations. The autistic community actually found each other. This matters. They don’t need any more games. We will have to regroup and go elsewhere.
I get that you formed communities on there and it’s hard to see them go. I felt the same about twitter when it turned into x but now I’m forming communities on BlueSky. Just support open-source decentralized platforms that aren’t controlled by oligarchs or dictators.
TikTok does not have to shut down and they know it - Biden told them he would not enforce the ban - they shut down only so they could re-start under Trump and make him look like a hero - TikTok sucks - they’re only doing this to strengthen Trump
The Supreme Court upheld the ban... Biden cannot veto that decision. TikTok technically could still run in the US if you already have the app, but they aren't able to update the app which is a MASSIVE security risk. Hence, they're going dark. Trump can't overturn the decision either.
I guess they're kissing up to him in order to get an extension on the ban date once he's in. Having no updates will make the app buggy and unusable, a feeding ground for hackers. After an extension he'll have to get peeps like Rand Paul and AOC to help change votes. These are weird times we live in.
China Signals It Is Open to a Deal Keeping TikTok in U.S.
Founder of app’s parent, Beijing-based ByteDance, spoke with Elon Musk last year
Jan. 20, 2025 8:34 am ET
Might be a good thing, might only be the first step in a censorship campaign. What if they take this as an example to be more arbitrary about future bans?
This is set up by Trump to make himself look good. He's made a deal with the Tik Tok CEO to make people think Trump is fixing something. Why is this message popping up before the app is suppose to be banned. Trump is the one who created this mess.
Friendly reminder that Trump got butt hurt from K-pop fans who organized and hurt his little ego so HE initiated a TikTok ban; now he teamed up with the CEO of TikTok and created a dear leader type of message to everyone, so he can “save it”. Fuck,fascists, and fuck, oligarchs; delete all Meta apps.
Yes! It’s time to boycott the billionaires and corrupt government: Musk, Zuck, Bezos, Kelloggs, Nestle…all of them! The greed (price gouging) needs to stop. We can make that happen if we work together and stop using their apps, buying their products…
Yes! Been off FB for years. Just deleted Instagram, Amazon and Prime TV as well. No more Whole Foods; joining a co-op for my veg, local butcher for meat.
Agreed. But 🇨🇦 now knows, he’s a traitorous shit weasel who would have allowed us to be annexed had he succeeded past the Conservative Leadership race, registration stage.
I bet they’ve had this whole TikTok thing— including the SCOTUS decision, planned for a long time. Billionaires will clean up someway I’m sure. Let the grifting begin!
I completely agree that they’ve been planning this! They think we were all just going to run to FB and IG! Well I hope people do what they said, ban anything Meta!!! We’ve made them enough money, yet they want more..🤬
You're genuinely stupid if you think it hasn't. How come both political parties can come together over banning a social media platform, but can't fucking fix housing or hunger issues you dolt? Kindly keep your opinion locked in your otherwise empty head, or open it with a 9. Good fucking day to you.
Damn Willi, ya got me. I'm a 19yo asshole, but at least I'm not a 40yo divorced dad turned incel crying over my (objectively wrong) opinions! Cope harder dog breath
Yes, exactly this. Ironic that a bunch of them bought stock in FB right before the TT ban thinking we’d just happily go back to FB! Eff anything Meta and if Zuck or Musk buy TT, I refuse to go back!!!
Really? Wasn’t it the MAGA maniacs that led the charge on this? Speak up Josh Hawley. Tom Cotton. Tell Trump to keep Tik Tok banned. Those cowards will do nothing but slither away.
But they're promising users that Trump will "fix" it. Seems about as real as that "assassination attempt" last year.
The same Trump who pushed for a ban back in 2020.
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After that there's an image with a circles in it. Rotate the image inside the circles until it completes the outer image.
Give it like 5 days
(You'll get your brainwash cellphone vids)
Just like the fake assassination attempts
Too many American young people use TikTok. It was never meant to be turned off more than a couple days. This is their way of looking for the youth vote.
CCP bans all outside media to brainwash their people into compliance while at the same time they try to destroy democracy here and around the world. Trump is pro-CCP and anti democracy, FYI.
We'll see who will make it clear those reasons are irrelevant.
Founder of app’s parent, Beijing-based ByteDance, spoke with Elon Musk last year
Jan. 20, 2025 8:34 am ET
🤦♂️
Good riddance
And he will blame Biden
People are fucking dumb
The same Trump who pushed for a ban back in 2020.