The practical implementation of this ban by tiktok is completely over the top. It's overcompliance to an extreme degree while praising Trump. It's clear that this is political at this point. This isn't simply an IP ban, it's an account level ban tied to accounts with registered US phone numbers.
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Alejandra Caraballo
Just tried on desktop. I was able to access the site with a VPN but once I logged in, it gave me the ban notice. I think this is specific to US based accounts and cannot be circumvented with a VPN.
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Damaging things, sowing chaos, then swooping in as the savior to make others dependent is the modus operandi of a psychopathic, malignant narcissist, Trump. TikTok is dead. Don’t be whipsawed by psychopaths.
Donald Trump's tiktok ban will soon be forgotten and become Joe Biden's tiktok ban when Trump saves it. Give it 3 days.
US tiktok accounts login using services hosted in the US. Those services are presently disabled. It doesn't matter what country you try from, you cannot log into a US account because it is hosted in the US.
And my president betrayed the constitution to sign the ban.
Biden is gone, suck up to the new guy, profit. Stop pretending right and wrong mean anything, it's all power dynamics.
Just like him wanting to sign the relief checks.
In boxing, it's called the 'rope-a-dope' - either way, I fell for it.
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#FUCKDONALDTRUMP
Combined with that message it feels really, really planned
Or were you using the browser version on your phone?
But it’s also about monopolistic power and controlling the populace…
Foolish of Dems to get sucked in on this.
Everything on those accounts is still viewable to people outside the US, and the owners have no way to take it down.
Also I say this cause my friend was able to access their account by signing in via TOR, and while idk if they had a phone number attached, they have only ever been in the US
Important to note, Tiktok collects geolocation data when you registered an account, and accounts registered in the US are banned
X + TikTok in the hands of one authoritarian leader equals to the end of democracy.
Don’t
Care.
Do
You?
They overstepped their authority, it is now time for the American people to R E V O L T
It was all a stunt.
Twitter and Facebook are controlled by absolute maniacs, but we pass a law to cripple their up coming competition?
If anything, I think TikTok is being too kind.