UPDATE 1/19: TikTok UNBANNED "THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ONLY PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE'RE BACK!"

[keond]

So many c00ns on Tiiktok are riding on his orange nuts. These telegraphed dumb ass stunts keep working. We are a profoundly stupid country

 

[that guy]

Why are you fine or "don't care" with the Chinese government having your data?

Do you actually have a reason for spewing “chinaman is bad” propaganda? What is china doing or going to do to American citizens that our own government isn’t doing right now?

 

[NinoBrown]

GOAT president.
Bro onboarding and putting in work for the people.

If you mean Nazis...then you are correct.

 

[WaveMolecules]

my point is that fascism is being normalized among the young generations and will continue to be for the next 4 years

fukk these losers.

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

I didn't need to read anything beyond this.

Cats went from dikkeating Russia to dikkeating China.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

I am against the wrong practices of Meta AND I'm against the wrong practices of Chinese companies.

Then your outrage should be clear on the double standard at play. American tech companies have been caught, many times, violating data and security protocols. Yet none have been banned.

If we want to be naive and say it's about security, it doesn't make sense.

If we aren't being naive, then it should be clear this is about control. And it sets a dangerous precedent.

So if you're against bad practices, hold your elected officials accountable.

They were more effective and stringent on banning this app than banning weapons that kill over 200 people every 5 minutes in this country. Reconcile that in your head

 

[TheJet]

Nobody is dumb enough to really fall for this right?

 

[King Static X]

Then your outrage should be clear on the double standard at play. American tech companies have been caught, many times, violating data and security protocols. Yet none have been banned.

If we want to be naive and say it's about security, it doesn't make sense.

If we aren't being naive, then it should be clear this is about control. And it sets a dangerous precedent.

So if you're against bad practices, hold your elected officials accountable.

They were more effective and stringent on banning this app than banning weapons that kill over 200 people every 5 minutes in this country. Reconcile that in your head

The idiots of this country voted for Trump, I didn't


I would love for there to be better data privacy protections for both American and non-American social media apps. People largely don't care though.

 

[Mister Terrific]

Then your outrage should be clear on the double standard at play. American tech companies have been caught, many times, violating data and security protocols. Yet none have been banned.

If we want to be naive and say it's about security, it doesn't make sense.

If we aren't being naive, then it should be clear this is about control. And it sets a dangerous precedent.

So if you're against bad practices, hold your elected officials accountable.

They were more effective and stringent on banning this app than banning weapons that kill over 200 people every 5 minutes in this country. Reconcile that in your head

Is tik tok banned in Sahel?

 

[King Static X]

Do you actually have a reason for spewing “chinaman is bad” propaganda? What is china doing or going to do to American citizens that our own government isn’t doing right now?

OK breh, you got it

 

[cobra]

Democrats and neo liberals are morons - what else can you say?

 

[that guy]

Yes, because fukk the Chinese government.

You bring up Elon Musk (fukk him too) but yet handwave the Chinese government. Why?

I’m not dumb enough to fall for anti-china propaganda. These endless anti-china, anti-Russia, anti-north Korea, anti-black American, anti-Hispanic immigrant, anti-Arab propaganda etc etc etc agendas are designed for white americans and their fearful, hate-based culture.

You can’t actually articulate why you personally are anti-Chinese government. The Chinese government has never done anything to you

 

[bnew]

This is WWE level chicanery

the majority of republicans in congress got in on this, they played the long game with media blitz's and then rug pulled the democrats.

 

[cobra]

Mark Zuckerberg comes out looking like the biggest bytch in all of this

kissed the ring, dressed like he an autistic jack harlow, hired dana white wife beating ass

and still got told sukk it, instagram can go die off

he did to avoid jail time, not replace tiktok with reels
his leverage is at an all time low

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

I am against the wrong practices of Meta AND I'm against the wrong practices of Chinese companies.

Yep, I agree with this. I don't trust Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, or any of these platform holders, and I especially don't trust a platform connected to an authoritarian government, but I think the best way to counter their exploitative practices is by pushing for strong universal data privacy laws. If this is really about privacy, and the need to protect user data, then we need to pass legislation requiring platforms to store ALL their data locally, fully open up their algorithms and data pipelines feeding them, disclose their ties to foreign governments, and be subject to strict regulations and independent audits with real penalties for breaking the rules - and not just a simple fines, but criminal penalties. Transparency is the best way to counter this, and if they don't want to abide by those rules, they can go elsewhere.