I guess for some, it is not surprising, but I am surprised. TikTok is not a marginal platform. More than a hundred million American users are using it, and the American government is unashamedly banning it for national security reasons. That’s the declaration of defeat. US-based social media platforms have focused on profit so intensely that, in recent years, they have lost interest in users’ benefits. For instance, my interests are better portrayed in my TikTok exploration timeline than on Instagram. American-based social platforms are showing a weakness in their hegemony, and here comes the ban. The ban may not be executed, but even talk of this ban is a show of hypocrisy…
What To Know About US Possibly Banning TikTok
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A law that bans TikTok in the U.S. is set to take effect Sunday, unless its China-based parent company sells its U.S. operations in accordance with a federal law that categorizes the app as a national security threat. The Supreme Court upheld the law on Friday — a decision that puts the matter in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump, who will assume the presidency Monday. It’s unclear what options are open to Trump, who attempted his own ban on TikTok in 2020.
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It is also unknown what a “banned” version of TikTok would mean for people in the U.S. Under the law, if there’s no sale, app stores would no longer be able to offer the app. Existing users would not be able to update it, eventually rendering it unusable. Laerke Christensen reports on what you need to know about the impending ban. Continue to read the Snopes piece.
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