They banned Tik Tok.

[RCMerchant]

Personally, I could care less.
Not that I'm against it. I just never use it.

[lester1/2jr]

This is what north Korea type 3rd world countries do with American stuff because it offends the leadership. very weak sauce imo

[Rev. Powell]

I never grasped what the security concern was. The Chinese government was going to get intelligence on American teenage girls' favorite K-Pop bands? I'm sure there's more to it but I never looked into what the concerns might be.

[Trevor]

A lot of what I've seen on TikTok makes me go 😳

[FatFreddysCat]

I have never Tikked nor Tokked, so the ban will have no effect on my life whatsoever.

[claws]

TikTok was excellent for passing time when I was in the hospital for six weeks.

It's not banned here in Germany, though.

[chainsaw midget]

TikoTok always felt like the worst aspects of Youtube mixed with the wost aspects of Twitter to me.

It always felt very "attention whore" to me, even more than most social media things.

[LilCerberus]

I never saw the appeal... It seemed like a copy of a bunch of other stuff that was already out there...

[Trevor]

TikoTok always felt like the worst aspects of Youtube mixed with the wost aspects of Twitter to me.

It always felt very "attention whore" to me, even more than most social media things.

👍

[claws]

TikoTok always felt like the worst aspects of Youtube mixed with the wost aspects of Twitter to me.

It always felt very "attention whore" to me, even more than most social media things.

From my own experience, it depends on the content you're watching but yeah, TikTok is filled with narcissistic idiots and rage bait videos.

It is a haven for QAnon madness and other outrageous conspiracy bulls**t. The scariest part about this is that these videos get millions of views and likes.

[lester1/2jr]

They didn't ban it because it's stupid or for attention whores, though. It was for political reasons. First because it was Chinese, but ultimately it was the free Palestine stuff, which is like kryptonite to people in DC, that caused them to fully censor it. It's for our own good, you see!

[VenomX73]

I never used tictok, Im guessin its like youtube shorts from what I had seen...

[Rev. Powell]

They didn't ban it because it's stupid or for attention whores, though. It was for political reasons. First because it was Chinese, but ultimately it was the free Palestine stuff, which is like kryptonite to people in DC, that caused them to fully censor it. It's for our own good, you see!

Trump started talking about banning it in 2020, before the current Palestinian brouhaha. Congress held hearings and talked about doing something for four years. I think Palestine timing is just a coincidence. 

[lester1/2jr]

There was talk of banning it over antipathy to China, as I said, but it didn't come to a full ban until after Oct 7

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-ban-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-account-creator-video-rcna122849

"arguing that the most popular content related to the Israel-Hamas war on the app has a pro-Palestinian slant that is undercutting support for Israel among young Americans..

Now, critics allege that TikTok is using its influence to push content that is pro-Palestinian and contrary to U.S. foreign policy interests. The claims about TikTok's promotion of pro-Palestinian content are anecdotal, and they have been bubbling up on the social media platform X, in statements to the media and on conservative media outlets such as Fox News. "

[Trevor]

Still up in South Africa.