And they're already kissing Trump's ass
if people can't go this long without tiktok they're addicted to social media and it should stay banned
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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There was kids and teenagers calling 911 because the service was down. I think we're long past that concern
I'm starting to think of Trump as one of those old school firefighters that would set fires and then swoop in to put the fire out lol.
Otherwise known by the modern term: Grifter
Except it doesn't have the capability to put out fires, so it just starts them, then declares having put them out and leaves them burning
He was one of the first people saying to ban it in 2020. To me it’s more like he is easily swayed with lobbying so it ends up looking like he is a pioneer on pushing new policy when in actuality he is the first person people go to when they need to bribe a politician.
This is not unique to Trump. Politicians say "they changed their views" if there is enough oil to grease wheels.
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no it isn't
Tik Tok removed platform access from their US userbase voluntarily.
This was their choice.
The law is literally not even being enforced.
Noteworthy thing I haven't seen mentioned here: They apparently only removed app access. The website still works just fine.
The website didn’t work from US IPs last night, but it’s back already.
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So I am assuming most Lemmy people don't use Tiktok or Meta stuff. Here is some things you may or may not already know.
- Shou (CEO) made a parting video praising Trump on the last day
- Shou will be on the stage with all the other tech billionaires during inauguration
- People have noticed the last couple days that FB and Instagram have had a "link your Tiktok account" so you don't lose anything on the platform
I think it's pretty obvious now that Tiktok is going to become a part of Meta one way or another.
People have noticed the last couple days that FB and Instagram have had a "link your Tiktok account"
WTF, how is this not news everywhere?
Hey, look over here at the TikTok performative theatrics while we set up an oligarchy and rob you of your labor, your health, and your livelihood.
Tiktoks removel is not a distraction from oligarchy, it is oligarchy in action. This is meta collecting on what they paid congress for.
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I wish people knew that TikTok being banned was more about it not suppressing posts about Palestine than national security or whatever else they say. Antony Blinken and Mitt Romney outright said last year it was about stopping people from seeing the truth about Israel committing genocide. If the government actually cared about foreign influence operations they'd regulate data privacy and social media algorithms in some way (idk how, but I'm sure you could) but they obviously won't because US companies manipulating people and stealing their data is totally fine.
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