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The TikTok Ban Has Begun (1 Viewer)

A journalist can make a claim. That doesn't prove the claim. When they don't the claim citing a "fact checking journalist" still doesn't prove it.

At least you have calmed down a bit. Maybe there is the tiniest bit of understanding that you haven't proven anything.


E V I D E N C E !

In my former line of work that usually meant follow the money. It will take you to who is doing the what the why of it.
 
Why are you so afraid of a simple question? Why do you keep dodging it over and over? What's the holdup to you're admitting that I was right all along?

It's called concern trolling, tone policing and other stupid tactics related to the media that no one cares about.

We have Tiktok's statement. We have Trump's statement. We have your digression and no one cares about it.
 
It's called concern trolling, tone policing and other stupid tactics related to the media that no one cares about.

We have Tiktok's statement. We have Trump's statement. We have your digression and no one cares about it.

You care about my opinion, because you have repeatedly commented on it while repeatedly dodging my questions.
 
You care about my opinion, because you have repeatedly commented on it while repeatedly dodging my questions.

No. I am doing what Trump has shown all of us how to do the last several years. You are your ilk will be told that you are of no importance and when you keep insisting you are, you'll be reminded again that you aren't.

Just like the legacy media, you can double down and then cry.
 
No. I am doing what Trump has shown all of us how to do the last several years. You are your ilk will be told that you are of no importance and when you keep insisting you are, you'll be reminded again that you aren't.

Just like the legacy media, you can double down and then cry.

Says the person who dogmatically refuses to answer a simple question.
 
Says the person who dogmatically refuses to answer a simple question.

You have no agency to determine or ask anything. No one owes you an answer to whatever you demand in your stupid question.

Trump will save TikTok. He will create a solution where our national security and interests are served with some sort of U.S. based control and ownership. The under 35's will see that he has saved their favorite media source. With lack of censorship on TikTok the conservative voices will continue to grow and influence the youth.

It will be a win all around.

The sour grapes on the sidelines screaming their concerns... "we think it's a flipflop."

No one cares about their concern trolling. They don't matter. They offer nothing and bring nothing.
 
Looks like the Tik Tok ban was short lived.

TikTok Flickers Back to Life After Trump Says He Will Stall a Ban
TikTok flickered back to life in the United States on Sunday after President-elect Donald J. Trump said that he would issue an executive order to stall a federal ban of the app.
The abrupt shift came after just hours after major app stores removed the popular social media site and it stopped operating for U.S. users. The company said in a post on X that in “agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service.”
Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday morning that he would “issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security.”
The ban stems from a 2024 law that requires app stores and cloud computing providers to stop distributing or hosting TikTok unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Lawmakers passed the law over concerns that the Chinese government could use the app, which claims roughly 170 million United States users, to gather information about Americans or spread propaganda.

App stores and cloud computing providers that do not comply with the law face potentially significant financial penalties. Mr. Trump said in his post on Sunday that he would “confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.”
The possibility of an executive order — followed by TikTok’s stunning about-face — marks a new phase in the fight over the future of the app, which has reshaped the social media landscape and popular culture, and created a living for millions of influencers and small businesses that rely on the platform.
In issuing an order, Mr. Trump would raise questions about the rule of law in the United States. His action would constitute an attempt to temporarily neuter a law that passed with broad bipartisan support in Congress and that the Supreme Court unanimously upheld last week.
“We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive,” TikTok said in a statement announcing that the app was coming back online.
It is unclear whether Mr. Trump’s efforts will be successful in the long term. His executive order could face a legal challenge, including over whether he has the power to stop enforcement of a federal law. Companies subject to the law may determine that the text of an order does not provide enough assurance that they will not be punished for violations
 
You have no agency to determine or ask anything. No one owes you an answer to whatever you demand in your stupid question.

Trump will save TikTok. He will create a solution where our national security and interests are served with some sort of U.S. based control and ownership. The under 35's will see that he has saved their favorite media source. With lack of censorship on TikTok the conservative voices will continue to grow and influence the youth.

It will be a win all around.

The sour grapes on the sidelines screaming their concerns... "we think it's a flipflop."

No one cares about their concern trolling. They don't matter. They offer nothing and bring nothing.

I read but can't verify that Trump is interested in the U.S. owning 50% of Tik Tok. If this is true, we can say Trump saved Tik Tok.
 
I wonder why he did that?

I have been opposed to TikTok ever since I learned it was a Chinese product. I don't trust China any farther that I can throw it, and since it is impossible to "throw it" it is impossible for me to trust it at all.

See Post 108. If this is true, maybe the users will be able to trust it again. MTTGA
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I wonder why he did that?

I have been opposed to TikTok ever since I learned it was a Chinese product. I don't trust China any farther that I can throw it, and since it is impossible to "throw it" it is impossible for me to trust it at all.
Why?.. Are you being sarcastic?
 
Biden signed it. That makes it his fault for banning something that half of the country enjoys daily. And guess who gets to save the day now? Trump, and possibly Elon if it goes that way. FFS. If I had been a Biden advisor, I would have threatened to quit over this.


This was done in April of an election year. Again, FFS.

After he opened his own account on this app that's so apparently dangerous to national security, no less.

It would be hilarious if it weren't so ****en sad.
 
After he opened his own account on this app that's so apparently dangerous to national security, no less.

It would be hilarious if it weren't so ****en sad.
There's not much hilarity to be had. Republicans chose to floor it, and we're all strapped in for the ride.
 
I used to talk to this Chinese kid (he was about 17 or 18) when I was STANning Ariana Grande on Twitter a few years back.

He was far more thoughtful and reasoned than most people I know here.

He used to ask me why the USA started so many wars and tries to dominate the world. He was no dummy.

So did this "thoughtful and no dummy" also used to ask why you beat your spouse so often?

WW2 - Started by Germany and Japan
Korean War - Started by North Korea with support of Russia and China
3 Arab/Israeli wars - started by belligerents
Vietnam War - Viet Minh and then North Vietnam
Afghanistan War - Russia
Falklands - Argentina
Invasion of Tibet - China
Border War with Vietnam - China
First Gulf War - Iraq
Afghan-Taliban War - Afghanistan and Al Queda
Russo Ukranian war - Russia
Various Eastern European invasions - Russia.

The US has initiated a war only on two occasions - against Panama and against Iraq.

Now the question you should have asked was: "Why are you mouthing propaganda that you should know to be a lie?"
 
BTW, in case anyone is curious, but between Biden punting and Trump social media’ing about intentions, TikTok is back up.
 
You have no agency to determine or ask anything. No one owes you an answer to whatever you demand in your stupid question.

Trump will save TikTok. He will create a solution where our national security and interests are served with some sort of U.S. based control and ownership. The under 35's will see that he has saved their favorite media source. With lack of censorship on TikTok the conservative voices will continue to grow and influence the youth.

It will be a win all around.

The sour grapes on the sidelines screaming their concerns... "we think it's a flipflop."

No one cares about their concern trolling. They don't matter. They offer nothing and bring nothing.

That is what someone who repeatedly refuses to answer a simple question would say.
 
Thank God its back. I almost lost my source of hot girls dancing forever
 
This is what I get when I open the app. Now where am I going to get the perfect recipe of cat videos, dog videos, and more cat videos?

Fourteen hours of each day just opened up. Christ on a cracker.
While TikTok was offline they moved it to a Meta server farm in NC where it now operates out of. It would seem Zuckerberg made a deal.

Did you notice that Facebook started following Meta, was instantly verified, and there are new pop-ups and menu options to connect your TilTok to your Meta account?
 
While TikTok was offline they moved it to a Meta server farm in NC where it now operates out of. It would seem Zuckerberg made a deal.

Did you notice that Facebook started following Meta, was instantly verified, and there are new pop-ups and menu options to connect your TilTok to your Meta account?

I haven't tried to access TikTok since the shutdown yesterday. I'll look out for that.
 

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