If tiktok is the trojan horse the security services say it is, then I hope it takes Trump down with it.
It'll be delicious watching his hubris be his downfall.
Just so we’re clear, Trump started the legislation to ban TikTok when he was in office, but it didn’t get through the senate or house until Biden’s presidency—Biden signed it into law—then SCOTUS upheld that law.
Trump gets to slide into office to “save” what he, in the first place, sought to ban.
Isn’t that just the story of that asshole? He makes me sick. I feel like we are in one of those movies where we, the underdogs, keeps losing and the bad guys keep beating us down and winning over and over. The only saving grace in that is that in the end good always triumphs over evil. 🤞🏻
I was debating on whether I needed to delete last night when it was shut off 2 hours ahead of schedule, after I just watched a bunch of content suggesting to delete. 😓 So yeah… same
Isn’t this all his doing? Didn’t he start the anti tiktok movement? The democrats are somehow being blamed for this when it was all initiated by republicans and their obsession with “communist China”. How does this keep happening with him, it makes me sick.
Yes, he is. My understanding is that a recent development and some people seem to feel he is sucking up to Trump’s ego to save the app. All I know for sure is that whole situation is trash.
It’s really not. If you’ve never used it, it’s very hard to explain what was taken away from 170M Americans. It was a vital source of information sharing and community building, especially for marginalized communities. And it was an income source for a lot of people who now have nothing.
I’m with @tallgirl6234.bsky.social on this one…it’s time to just dump TikTok and hang out here and on YouTube until e new independent TT-like platform gets built, whether it’s Neptune or whatever (can’t remember the name of the other one that’s trying to launch)
Didn't he start the whole process of banning it anyway? It's screaming narc parent who's going to spend 4y telling your to be greatful or get your toys taken away.
So they did all that work putting the "modified ban" in the bill just to reverse their stance on protecting national security because that man got paid and has decided to reverse course 😔
Predictions: it’s either sold for peanuts to Elon or another Trump megadonor and Trump says “you’re welcome, America” or Supremes still say “no deal” and Trump proves they are “totally independent”.
Trump is nothing but a con man and manipulator. His own reasons for objecting to TikTok during 2016-2020, all rooted in national security concerns, haven't changed at all. The only thing that has changed is his belief that TikTok helped him win in 2024.
I feel like this stuff is very dependent on what side of TikTok you’re on. Reminds me a bit of the preachers who talked about how TikTok was all preteen girls dancing in bikinis lol
12M people earn income from that. They were all just put of out work because of Biden. Plus, it was all based on a rumor. There is zero evidence that Tik Tok did anything wrong. This is trial by media, and literally a witch hunt. The US is afraid of China.
You understand Trump initiated this ban but as usual, couldn’t get it past the finish line. almost all of Congress approved it so let’s not blame it on Biden. Our problem is too many old people in Congress who don’t even understand what the hell tik tok was.
Republicans controlling the information on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok isnt going to be that bad? Even when the tariffs tank the economy they will be able to push the blame onto Democrats simply because of how they are now controlling the information. Country is cooked for my kids.
Well then I guess now is your call to action. Start talking to people, try to change things for 2026! We don’t have to lie down and take it, we fight for our kids, for our country. Don’t feel like they have won the war, this is just one of the battles. We can’t roll over and throw our arms up!!!
NPR huh? Too bad regular journalism is dead and nobody reads it anymore. Facebook and Twitter will blame the Dems and hail Trump as the savoir of TikTok. 3 months from now 90% of TikTok users will give credit to Trump for saving it.
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It'll be delicious watching his hubris be his downfall.
Trump gets to slide into office to “save” what he, in the first place, sought to ban.
Forget he started it.
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In 2020, Trump tried to ban TikTok.
He cited one of his reasons was "retaliation for the China virus".
He tried to force a sale to American Oligarchs. He was overruled by a federal judge.
In 2021, Biden revoked Trump's EO banning TikTok.