US TikTok ban goes into effect

The social media app now shares a message that it’s unavailable and apologizes to its users that the app went dark, as it now looks to President-elect Donald Trump for its return.

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[jq]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen lawmakers work so hard to get rid of an app and very quickly… it shows that they really can put in the effort if they wanted to.

[carriemetzler]

If Tik Toc is a threat then take it down. What confuses me is how Musk and Zuckerburg are not?

[jazzbae_]

Its crazy how serious theyre taking a social media app and meanwhile eggs cost $6

[chunkypenguins]

They get rid of TikTok but not Temu???

[beastfromhell]

Thank God. Maybe people will start acting normal again

[MAFion]

It's censorship. It's about control.

[carolinnerosario]

This is not okay, they have the time and money to push a ban on TikTok but can’t help the Americans get basic needs ?🙄 this is the world we live in people

[zlz-ho]

Shame. There are way more urgent issues we need to resolve, high healthcare costs, high insurance costs, high grocery costs, ...dozen of eggs that costsl over 5 dollars in my local grocery store!

[cosmoreed]

So are we just going to ignore that what they allege TikTok does is exactly what literally every social media platform does on the backend but they targeted it specifically because it’s based out of Asia?

[cthulhu]

Many of our representatives bought stock in META before voting to ban Tik Tok.
Controlling information is a crucial first step in history repeating itself.
I deleted my FB account completely today. META will no longer sell my information.

[qball]

Thank Christ!!
Never used the ridiculous app.
Get a life and put your phone down.

[juanrosillo]

Now the government is telling us what kind of news we can watch, we are progressing the wrong way

[Deeeeeeeeeeeeee-ll]

They say trump will help them, but hes the one who set this whole thing off. I think tiktok is confused.

[youtufanreincarnation]

YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels will now the be sources of short-form content creation for American Internet celebrities…

[Fly_WRLDD]

Brooo please get rid of TikTok already stop edging us

[lakesnake]

Who gives a damn about tik tok. You WILL NOT die without it. It's not food and shelter.

[Netcentric-fkek]

keep it closed. Not needed, nor wanted

[joshualira]

Crazy old heads want to ban a social media app and not focus on bigger thibgs like give more money to victims towards the la fires

[kindredwolves]

Having moved to Red Note I can say we have learned a lot about China, and how much propaganda we have been fed about them.

[almondalmendro]

im banned and im 100% mexican, i have never touched american soil in my life