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It genuinely feels like our parents just came in the middle of the school year and said, ‘Yeah, forget all your friends, forget all the hard work you did at this school, you’re going to have to start from scratch,
TikToker @inzlay said in a video of herself crying and bidding farewell to her TikTok following of 24,500 It sounds dramatic to say I don’t know what I’ll do without TikTok, but I really don’t know who I’m going to be without TikTok. A large part of who I have become in the last six years and a large part of my growth has come from a lot of the stuff I’ve learned off this app. I really hate to say goodbye.”
Censorship on TikTok is at an all time high with accounts being deleted, posts going back years being flagged, people losing access to the creator fund for saying anything Anti-Trump, MAGA, Elon, etc. But free speech and all that right?"
Another post from the account Dustin Genereux said So.. uh.. anyone else getting this error on the New TikTok? I'm trying to repost a video criticizing Trump for his anti-trans political agenda and it's claiming I am not connected to the internet even though I'm clearly connected and can scroll with no issues..."
A post from an account called Damien Dread stated Whatever happened when TikTok went dark on in the U.S., it seems TikTok have now jumped the red line to the dark side. Resistors are getting content pulled down and the algorithm seems alive to anything overtly anti-Trump."
Another post from the account Truth Matters said Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.”
A message on the app reads I have the right to either sell it or close it, and we’ll make that determination,
Trump added in remarks from the Oval Office TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identified by Congress in developing this law.” ... Given the sheer fact of timing, this Administration recognizes that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration, which takes office on Monday.”
Biden says ... He also notes in a statement My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay tuned!”
President Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to save TikTok, and there's no better dealmaker than Donald Trump."
In January, Karoline Leavitt, the White House Press Secretary, told Newsweek Why would I want to get rid of TikTok?"
What a good old boy you turned out to be, you little bulls--- artist,
You did it yourself, TikTok, TikTok-ers,
Rapaport said as he launched into his rant We’ll do better next time. We need to learn from our mistakes,
Say what you want about Facebook, Instagram, X, WhatsApp, Snapchat,
You’re not running for sixth-grade class president,
We don't know who the f--- has been running this platform,
An algorithm that knows you better than you know yourself is inherently dual-use. It can make you laugh and it can subtly shape your worldview,
For the last decade Congress has focused on content moderation, the one aspect of tech policy they are constitutionally prohibited from regulating,
said Nu Wexler, a former Senate staffer who has worked at Facebook, Twitter and Google Elon basically runs the show, ... Time is their biggest enemy. We’ll see.”
an informal adviser to Trump told Adam,
