And they're already kissing Trump's ass
Hey, look over here at the TikTok performative theatrics while we set up an oligarchy and rob you of your labor, your health, and your livelihood.
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So I am assuming most Lemmy people don't use Tiktok or Meta stuff. Here is some things you may or may not already know.
- Shou (CEO) made a parting video praising Trump on the last day
- Shou will be on the stage with all the other tech billionaires during inauguration
- People have noticed the last couple days that FB and Instagram have had a "link your Tiktok account" so you don't lose anything on the platform
I think it's pretty obvious now that Tiktok is going to become a part of Meta one way or another.
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im baffled by the blase response by lemmy users to government overreach
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And nothing of value was lost.
TikTok turned the youth pro Palestine whereas Facebook and Xitter censored it.
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Be better if it was just banned worldwide period and the “TikTok influencer” crowd can go get real jobs and perhaps users can improve their attention spans again.
yawn
Everybody, get off this guy's lawn!
Good, it's poison for the mind.
And other social media, like the one you're using right now, aren't?
They are. But that’s not why it’s banned. US politicians don’t give a flying fuck about the well being of their citizens. How people don’t realize this yet is ASTONISHING.
They are banning it because they can’t control it. They are happy to feed their citizens propaganda as long as it’s THEIR propaganda.
The only thing the US cares about is whether or not they can control and influence their people. That’s hard to do with TikTok around. But if it’s only Facebook and Twitter? Easy.
Real talk, does Trump have the actual authority to save the app?
Tiktok went dark voluntarily, I don't think the US even has the infrastructure to enforce the ban. So yes, all he has to do is tell the CEO to turn it back on and tell the app stores not to delist it. As Cheif of the executive branch, enforcement of the laws is your purview.
Not yet but the law gives the president authority to determine whether the company is a national security threat once it meets all the qualifications in the law. So his "90 day extension" is legally him saying "actually they're not a threat" for 90 days and then "actually they are a threat" after that.
So the president has the authority to extend it for 90 days. After that it's done?
President has the authority to declare it ok forever or at any time. Not a great law IMO.
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I did some research and now I know why Trump wants to "save" TikTok.
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-tiktok-courted-conservatives-before-trumps-win
https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/tiktok-and-white-supremacist-content/
This one is especially damning:
TikTok is spending $50,000 on an inauguration party honoring influencers who helped Donald Trump spread his campaign message, according to the party organizer — and it’s scheduled for Sunday, the deadline for the company to spin off from its China-based owner or be banned in the U.S.
CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend.
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