TikTok is essentially banned. Will Trump show he's pro-China by getting rid of the ban?

[pknopp]

To everybody that has hours to spend watching dancing bear videos instead of working at a job.

Grow the fuck up.

This is why this country is currently where it is.

And the Chinese understand that better than anybody. Apparently even better than Americans.

Wasting time watching dancing bears or wasting time here?

 

[ColonelAngus]

Bye bye TIKTOK.



The app does not open now, apparently.

 

[ColonelAngus]

These people who think they have 300 million followers and a billion views on TIKTOK are fucking idiots.

TikTok uses Bots to push engagement and get these DUMB FUCKERS ADDICTED.

These people are SO FUCKING STUPID, IT IS ASTONISHING.

 

[ColonelAngus]

China amplifies antiAmerican rhetoric by manipulating the algorithm and letting blue hairs believe they have more followers and views and replies than they actually do BY USING BOT FARMING.

These fools are so gullible, it is astonishing.

Social media certainly has some positive benefits, but when these bubbleheads get mass indoctrinated into Chinese propaganda, it is very dangerous.

 

[pknopp]

Unconfirmed (by me) reports say it's back up and running. (for those who might care).

 

[berg80]

Trump’s TikTok flip raises concerns over billionaire clout

After he spent much of the last year of his presidency trying to ban TikTok, Donald Trump’s abrupt effort to defend the Chinese-owned app late last week caught many in Washington by surprise.

But for people who’ve been watching Trump’s TikTok policies closely, it was part of a pattern: Changing course when an interested billionaire donor was in the mix.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/14/trump-tiktok-billionaire-donors-00146892

What are national security concerns compared to the interests of a billionaire donor?

 

[Edgetho]

TikTok begins restoring service after Trump vows Day 1 executive order

President-elect Trump asked companies "not to let TikTok stay dark" and vowed an executive order to extend usage while a national security deal was sorted.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[ColonelAngus]

It should be shut down.

China does not allow TikTok in China and does not allow Douyin in the USA.

Douyin is TIKTOK in China, but with educational and pro CCP propaganda.

You drones need to Wake the fuck up. Most of you are really fucking dumb.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

To everybody that has hours to spend watching dancing bear videos instead of working at a job.

Grow the fuck up.

This is why this country is currently where it is.

And the Chinese understand that better than anybody. Apparently even better than Americans.

Overly simplistic, just like every Biden supporting Democrat

 

[Winco]

Video Trump gives Chinese owner 45 days to sell TikTok

President Donald Trump has said the app is a security threat based on its owner.

abcnews.go.com

Flip Flop for Personal Gain.

The man-child is a grifter.

 

[fbj]

So glad that silly shit is over lol

 

[Carl in Michigan]

These people who think they have 300 million followers and a billion views on TIKTOK are fucking idiots.

TikTok uses Bots to push engagement and get these DUMB FUCKERS ADDICTED.

These people are SO FUCKING STUPID, IT IS ASTONISHING.

 

[shockedcanadian]

So glad that silly shit is over lol

Relax, it's already back thanks to Trump. It will be ok though, China will continue to farm Americans information until it is sold entirely to an American owner.

 

[Foxfyre]

It will be bought by US investors.....No Trump action needed.

That is certainly a possibility. But Tik Tok is important to China and it is possible that Trump can use it to good advantage as one of several strategies to get some important changes in China's behavior re it and U.S. trade or whatever. Certainly the reason SCOTUS allowed the ban is to protect the USA from nefarious interference/spying/whatever from China and we need continued protections from that.

We'll see how it all shakes out. The only one likely to have the money and/or inclination to buy and manage Tik Tok, however, is Elon Musk and should that be in the works, leftists' heads will explode as he expands free speech on the internet.

They are already trashing Zuckerman for his change of heart and attempt to make Facebook more of a free speech platform.

 

[Contumacious]

TikTok: What does Trump's executive order mean and who might buy it?

What does Donald Trump's executive order mean for the future of TikTok in the US?

www.bbc.com

"TikTok is set to be banned in the US on 19 January after the Supreme Court denied a last ditch legal bid from its Chinese owner, ByteDance."

"Can Trump overturn the ban?"

"Trump may once have sought to ban TikTok - but he has repeatedly indicated during 2024 that he is now firmly against the law, and tried unsuccessfully to get it delayed."

Trump was opposed to TikTok,

Tracking Donald Trump's complete position change on banning TikTok in the US

In July 2020, then-President Donald Trump told reporters he would ban TikTok. The next month, he signed an executive order seeking to ban the app.

www.statesman.com

"In July 2020, then-President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, "As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States." The next month, he signed an executive order seeking to ban the app."

Then he took money from a guy who makes lots of money in China.

And all of a sudden his view on TikTok (which, ironically, is banned in China, so why does China not want it banned?) changed and he doesn't want to TikTok to be banned.

Having a president that will do anything to not anger China.... hmm.... is that what MAGA wanted?

The REAL REASON tiktok is being banned with BIPARTISAN SUPPORT

(1) Another major reason banning TikTok has strong bipartisan support is that the site is being used by many young people to share information on the Israeli government’s action in Gaza. The head of the Anti-Defamation League was actually caught on tape complaining about the “TikTok problem.” This use of TikTok made TikTok a target for the many politicians who think the First Amendment makes an exception for speech critical of Israel.

TikTok Hypocrisy - LewRockwell

President Biden’s campaign will continue using the popular social media site TikTok even though the president supported a provision in the military aid bill he recently signed forcing TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok within 270 days. If ByteDance does not sell TikTok within the...

www.lewrockwell.com

(2)

 

[fbj]

Relax, it's already back thanks to Trump. It will be ok though, China will continue to farm Americans information until it is sold entirely to an American owner.

I thought he wanted it banned?

 

[shockedcanadian]

I thought he wanted it banned?

Meh, that's circa 2018.

 

[okfine]

Meh, that's circa 2018.

You are one disingenuous prick. Stay Canadian.

 

[shockedcanadian]

You are one disingenuous prick. Stay Canadian.

What did I say that was incorrect?

Stop making excuses for his decisions and own up to them. When he kept his promises in his first term I was on here and Twitter defending and supporting him, even as the Establishment and so many doubted that his policies would work. I sent messages to guests on CNN who doubted him and I told them "watch and learn, America can and WILL be able to straighten out China and their abuses of the U.S economy".

He did excellent until covid hit. THat altered everything including all of the mail in votes. Even then I backed him as I know how important it is for America to succeed. For the West to succeed.

Now it's 2024 and Trump can't forget what he represents at a time the U.S needs to handle the greatest threat to its existence. He chose Rubio for SOS which was an excellent choice, we can only pray he stays the course.

Ultimately, he may be a great negotiator and all of this is with purpose. Stop pretending that this isn't a backtrack though. We aren't young anymore, neither is he, just own it. If his explanation is honestly "I received many votes due to Tik Tok (which I believe is probably misguided as they promote Pro-CCP ads like mad) so they should be left alone", than it is a clear flip flop.

 

[hjmick]

I thought he wanted it banned?

He did. Until Xi Jinping told him he didn't...