The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the federal government can legally shut down TikTok in the U.S., delivering a stunning blow to the viral video app used by about half of Americans.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5258396/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5258396/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban
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and The US Gov will still be using TIKTOK to spread pro-American content to the world
https://biggovernment.substack.com/p/the-tik-tok-ban-is-unnecessary-and?r=1vj4ca
We could have Huawei phones, Xiaomi EV cars and TikTok…instead we’re stuck with iPhones and androids, shitty EVs and now meta.
Our government is ran by the rich, we’re heading to fascism
Why not just pass a law banning all Chinese-owned social media apps? It would have bipartisan support.
And they wonder why people are disillusioned
“The TikTok ban will start Jan. 19. The following day, Trump will be sworn into office.
Once in office,Trump can instruct his DOJ to not enforce the ban. That would put Apple, Google and others in an awkward position, since the firms would technically be in violation of federal law.”
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https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/social-media-teen-mental-health-a-parents-guide
China will win in the end. Don't worry about that. Xi knows how to handle Trump. 😈
The market is structured to favor the interests of capital. Full stop.
The app will stay on your phone, but there won’t be a service for it to connect to. It’d be like yanking the router out of your network. Sure your switch still works, but no more internet.
Plus look at the criminal we just elected lol. Plus Project 2025 is going to ban a lot of shit.
I think this is moot given that supposedly the CEO of TicTock will be sitting behind Trump watching as he takes the oath of office. That assumes they don’t all freeze to death, or the Bible explodes and kills all of them. LOL.
By jailbreaking being dead, I don’t think there has been one since iPhone 14/iOS 16.5. That community is far smaller than the old days of Musclenerd, Geohot, and the iPhone Dev Team
I am thinking this is a generational change in social media.
The only thing happening here is the oligarchs taking someone else's finger out of "their" pie.
Strange vibe to be defending a tool of an authoritarian state tho.
If they cared about any of the stuff they claim to, they'd shut down FB & X, too.
And yes countries are much more tolerant of their own misinfo than misinfo coming from other countries. This is pretty common across the world, and not unique to the US.
"This happens everywhere, therefore it's not a valid criticism." Do you read the crap you type?
Why are you talking the words "Free speech" when talking about an app controlled by the Chinese Communist party?
You should read the recent FTC decision on what GM has to do with user data it collected.
And compare to tiktok.
It is charming, funny and will restore your faith in the good side of the social media realm
The Great Migration doesnt end there. Meta, X, Google etc can all heave ho to Hades