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[ManaByte]

So this is happening shortly and the gossip on the Twitter is that the US is banning TikTok as it’s basically a CCP spying app.



About time. They don’t allow TikTok on phones in government buildings as it is because the CCP can remotely turn on the mic and camera on any device the cancer app is installed on.

Zoomers and e-thots on suicide watch.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Gonna be harder for Libs of TikTok to expose all these loons now.

 

[German Hops]

does anyone really care about tiktok?
genuine question.

 

[Syphon Filter]

So this is happening shortly and the gossip on the Twitter is that the US is banning TikTok as it’s basically a CCP spying app.



About time. They don’t allow TikTok on phones in government buildings as it is because the CCP can remotely turn on the mic and camera on any device the cancer app is installed on.

Zoomers and e-thots on suicide watch.

e thots have several options, i doubt they will be mad.

 

[Golgo 13]

And nothing of value was lost. This app is straight up Chinese Spyware.

 

[EviLore]

does anyone really care about tiktok?
genuine question.

Everyone under 25 does.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Cool.

 

[jason10mm]

Fuck me, what year is this?!?!

 

[Azzurri]

does anyone really care about tiktok?
genuine question.

Millions of zoomers do.

 

[Stitch]

huh, but it was totally not a spy app when some other guy tried to ban that shit.

 

[LordCBH]

does anyone really care about tiktok?
genuine question.

Millions of people do. I get confused when someone sends me a link to a video on the platform. I expect I’m just too old for it.

 

[Blade2.0]

does anyone really care about tiktok?
genuine question.

Pretty sure it's the biggest social media app on Earth.

 

[Syphon Filter]

And nothing of value was lost. This app is straight up Chinese Spyware.

arent a lot of things spyware though?

 

[OZ9000]

Thank God.

The app is pure cancer.

 

[TransTrender]

Fantastic news!
Next lets do this to any company where Tencent has an ownership stake.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

 

[SJRB]

does anyone really care about tiktok?
genuine question.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I'm surprised these kinds of apps come out every few years and catch fire.

So many of these are small adjustments from the bigger social media sites but in a different wrapper. Tiktok doing 10 second video snips seems like something other social media sites can do too.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Doubt.

But the meltdowns on TikTok would be glorious to watch if tru… oh wait.

 

[nocsi]

I'm surprised these kinds of apps come out every few years and catch fire.

So many of these are small adjustments from the bigger social media sites but in a different wrapper. Tiktok doing 10 second video snips seems like something other social media sites can do too.

There was Vine. Now there's YT shorts and Instagram reels. Short-form videos really are where its at. The problem with TikTok is --- it gives voice to people that shouldn't have an audience lol. It's very clear there's some sort of bot activity influencing pro-Chinese rhetoric on the platform. You're more likely to go viral promoting certain things that aligns with the platform's agenda.

 

[MilkLizard]

does anyone really care about tiktok?
genuine question.

No, it became one of the biggest apps ever without anybody caring about it you dumbnut.

 

[winjer]

Everyone under 25 does.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Zoomers and e-thots on suicide watch.

 

[Rat Rage]

China has become an orwellian nightmare governed by a very dangerous dictatorship. No western nation should trust them at this point.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Can we change the title to TikTok Ban GAF Rave Party after we get confirmation? ManaByte

 

[DeafTourette]

Fuck me, what year is this?!?!

Garland is finishing what that other guy started. While I enjoy the app because of the content I follow... I don't appreciate bad actors potentially spying on us!

China has become an orwellian nightmare governed by a very dangerous dictatorship. No western nation should trust them at this point.

No country should!

 

[chromhound]

yikesss kids will riot over this lol

 

[Rat Rage]

Garland is finishing what that other guy started. While I enjoy the app because of the content I follow... I don't appreciate bad actors potentially spying on us!



No country should!

Yeah, you're right. Meant to say that.

 

[ManaByte]

There was Vine. Now there's YT shorts and Instagram reels. Short-form videos really are where its at. The problem with TikTok is --- it gives voice to people that shouldn't have an audience lol. It's very clear there's some sort of bot activity influencing pro-Chinese rhetoric on the platform. You're more likely to go viral promoting certain things that aligns with the platform's agenda.

Instagram reels are just 90% reposted TikToks though.

 

[akimbo009]

Banned my kids for this reason years ago... Went to the shitty YouTube Shorts or whatever, but still, fucking mindless garbage. Maybe YouTube will also shut theirs down cause it's impossible to monitize anyways...

Now about Twitter and Facebook... Free us all.

 

[pramod]

Dunno why no one else has tried to make their own Tik Tok. Is it that hard to make?

 

[analog_future]

Reflection of the sad state of much of the United States right now.

It's literally Chinese government surveillance software being installed onto our phones but everyone's going to be pissed because they lose a bit of mind numbing entertainment.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

 

[OmegaSupreme]

double post

 

[Mistake]

Dunno why no one else has tried to make their own Tik Tok. Is it that hard to make?

Chinese media and photo apps are on another level. Most have a lot of free features with only ads as a caveat. Western apps can’t compete. Any that I have used went on to become fully paid or subscription based

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Punished Miku]

My girlfriend will be very disappointed

 

[feynoob]

does anyone really care about tiktok?
genuine question.

Scary app, considering you can make money from it. Which encourages younger kids.

It's the Instagram of YouTube.

 

[LordCBH]

Chinese media and photo apps are on another level. Most have a lot of free features with only ads as a caveat. Western apps can’t compete. Any that I have used went on to become fully paid or subscription based

Chinese data harvesting is an absolute cut above what other countries have been doing. It’s nuts.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Biden administration[edit]​

Donald Trump left office January 20, 2021. The following June, new president Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking the Trump administration ban on TikTok,

 

[ManaByte]

Damnit it wasn’t a TikTok ban. Still China though.

 

[Amory]

Oh no now how will the world see me dance in front of my phone

 

[DeepEnigma]

Garland is finishing what that other guy started.

Psst...

Biden administration[edit]​

Donald Trump left office January 20, 2021. The following June, new president Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking the Trump administration ban on TikTok,

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Just think of all those worthless influencers who would no longer have a platform. It's a shame it wasn't banned.