lmao, who told you that was happening?
So how do you know that Tiktok is the sole cause of the ignorance and not a combination of poor education and media literacy that's spreading in the USA? Hell, I've seen far more ignorance on Elon Musk's Twitter than Tiktok.
Is there pro-Israeli social media (I guess that Trump Truth thing, never looked at it)? The only major country it the world that even has a positive opinion of Israel now is the US, and even then it's at a historic low.
We really need to shift the discourse here. It isn't being banned. That's not what is happening. It's being forcibly sold to an American company. So you guys keep arguing over whether or not social media should be banned when the entire point of this is to give a US company, and therefore the government, that data instead of a Chinese company, and therefore the Chinese government. If you live in a country that doesn't ban social media that is neither America nor China then the whole thing looks extra ridiculous because all your data always goes to other countries.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/06/business/starbucks-middle-east-layoffs/index.html
Even US media is covering it, so not sure why you are acting so indignant.
tbf that doesn't say anything about TikTok being the cause of it.
Yeah I don't know anything about what role if any TikTok played, but I was under the impression you were unaware of the boycott.
Musk's twitter seems to be in a poorer condition than whatever TikTok is in right now so it would probably be better for the site to completely disappear than be owned by another Musk.
I was, because it's not in the US so no one here has bothered to report it
tbf that doesn't say anything about TikTok being the cause of it.
Yeah I don't know anything about what role if any TikTok played, but I was under the impression you were unaware of the boycott.
Musk is also pro-Putin and cultivates anti-US messaging on his platform. Yet the US is apparently okay with that. Though the GOP is also largely pro-Putin so it is unlikely a bill targeting Twitter could pass. Both parties have found it easy to drum up anti-China rhetoric.
a few months ago, every girl i know randomly decided to ask me how often i think about the Roman Empire, all on the same day. doesn't take a genius to figure out the cause was tiktok.
But I linked to a US news site...
lol you've confirmed yourself as troll. Nothing you say is serious.
whyThis happens every topic.
why
Every priest I know just came by and randomly told me they had a divine revelation saying you were full of shit. Doesn't take a genius to get what they were saying.
I heard about the priest tiktok trend.
y'all are some pretty toxic people, huh
except you ooger you're chill
what have i had no self-awareness aboutBeing toxic. You've been spitting cartoon level hysteria at numerous users here left and right.
No self-awareness and you're definitely in your 40s-50s acting this way. If you're any example, this site should be closed for being one of the worst for brainrot. Perhaps all of the internet was a mistake. Or maybe you're just a miserable old man projecting your own bitterness.Naw, Mecha's pretty chill.
lol ok
tiktok is to the USA what opium was to the Qing DynastyIt might be worse, actually. At least opium was about meditation.
Brilliant of Biden to attack a youth-oriented platform after already pissing off pro-Palestinian leftists, though. He really must be tired of being president and rooting for Trump.
You want to ban tiktok because you hate China
I want to ban tiktok because I think it would be funny
We are not the same
TikTok is one of the worst things ever created.
Also, anyone who uses it is just getting spied on by the Chinese government. The reason this is bad is because the Chinese government is getting a bunch of info from US citizens to prepare for a war against the west.
Yeah China sure is learning a lot that people who shake their butts in Ohio really like shopping at KFC.
No more tide pod kids then?
Yeah China sure is learning a lot that people who shake their butts in Ohio really like shopping at KFC.
Facebook has done worse and yet it thrives.
Thats extremely useful military intel though.Is it?
I have never even been on tiktok but I always thought it was just teenagers making memes
Republicans want Tiktok gone because it is an avenue for young people to learn and vote blue. Let's not mince words.
Yep. A lot of this push for "ban TikTok!" came in the aftermath of it being used to troll and embarrass Trump at his Tulsa rally.
@Cynrascal Umm you do know both republicans and democrats voted unanimously for the ban right?
Is it?
To the two people above me, the majority of people who voted yes on this are Republicans.
When Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC agreed on something and voted no on it you know something is truly wrong about the ban
It seems oldies are in favor of the bill and younger people are not, and unfortunately the oldies are more numerous and in charge.
Facebook is an American company though.