I might be reaching but I feel like TT only became relevant to his interests recently is because of the memes going around about his then-young son saying "I like my suitcase" in his Slovenian accent, thus getting the Trump family positive spotlight. :/
That and he discovered the X-sque side of Tiktok, the alt-righter, Andrew Tate stans, tradwifers, the LibsofTiktokers, etc. And of course, that’s his youth base right there
They’re doing the same thing with the #LakenRileyAct. Congress was about to vote on a bipartisan border deal last spring, trump and fascist maga killed it. Now they’re pushing the Laken Riley Act as a solution and dem senators are ready to vote for it.
I give is 2 days until Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg decide to force "Small Changes" to the algorithm to promote more Transphobic, Fascist content and Throttle or outright ban anything they consider as "Woke Propaganda" and anything coitizing them or the Heritage Foundation
Same. I won’t be back.
I had a sneaking suspicion TikTok made a deal with Meta.
And that would be a huge “nah dawg” for me.
Even just the back & forth bullsh** alone grossed me out. I’m outta there.
Jeff Yass owns 5-20% of ByteDance. He is one of the biggest Republican mega donors in history. He has been like this since before most of gen Z and all of gen alpha was born.
He might be Trump's secretary of Treasury. He paid Trump's bail in the election interference case.
Yeah, this whole sudden reprieve has left marks on the parts of TikTok I wander through. Nobody is cheering. We all said goodbyes, made other ways to connect, and now...everybody's just stunned and REALLY leery. Nobody can trust we won't face this again in 90 days
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And needs USA to pay for it.
no to mention that the CEO has been reposting videos from right wingers
Owners of social media platforms being buddy buddy with government fascists is dystopian
I had a sneaking suspicion TikTok made a deal with Meta.
And that would be a huge “nah dawg” for me.
Even just the back & forth bullsh** alone grossed me out. I’m outta there.
He might be Trump's secretary of Treasury. He paid Trump's bail in the election interference case.
This isn't a new pivot.