Will TikTok Survive?
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@jon-nyc said in Will Tik-Tok Survive?:
Same algorithm.
That effects the videos that they see, yes, and lets them be manipulated, but the privacy concerns and data tracking (which seems to be the big issue) becomes moot.
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Rand Paul presenting alternate facts.
Link to video
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@kluurs said in Will Tik-Tok Survive?:
Tik Tok is back at this moment thanks to that great statesman, the esteemed Donald J Trump.
Dude you have no excuse for this. The law did not require them to shut down. What the law requires, in the event of non-divestiture, was for the app stores to stop distributing the app or updates to the app. This is happening today, the law is behaving as it was meant to.
It was ByteDance’s own decision, or perhaps that of the CCP, to turn it off today. The reason they did that is to get the useful idiots we call TikTok users to pressure the US government on the CCP’s behalf.
They decided to undo their own decision because TFM announced he will give them a 90 day continuance, which he can do exactly once under the law.
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More than a few attorneys suggested that it was not smart for Tik Tok to stay up - so long as their was ambiguity in interpretting the law - and with over a billion dollars a day in potential fines - best to take it conservatively. Even as early as this morning, Trump wasn't saying unambiguosly that he'd do the extension.
But you're right, it also meant maximum pressure on Trump, congress critters, etc. Tom Cotton and Ed Marky have made themselves targets.
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Again, nothing in the law required TikTok to turn itself off. The law required the app stores to not make them available and same with internet providers re the website.
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No doubt the General Counsels of Apple and Google will recommend following the law even if an executive promises not to enforce it. Though I’m sure they’d make the app available again for 90 days when Trump invokes the one-time 90 day continuance.
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Shame that X didn't show the rest of his tweet when embedded.
"I was a bit surprised to see so many MAGA figures completely reverse their stance on the app, but then I learned a conservative ultra-mega donor (to political campaigns and groups) owns huge stakes in ByteDance. And he is hiring a lot of lobbyists on the right."
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@LuFins-Dad said in Will Tik-Tok Survive?:
@jon-nyc said in Will Tik-Tok Survive?:
@George-K said in Will Tik-Tok Survive?:
She should face a court martial.
Damn straight.
Agreed. She knows better.
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NRO: Mr. President, enforce the law,
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/01/congress-must-compel-trump-to-enforce-the-tiktok-law/
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Congress was trying very hard to make it difficult to wiggle out of the ban - once it was implemented. Who knows where this is going? Meta has created a presence on Tik Tok - which is annoying the loyal Tik Tok audience. A unknown number - but likely a sizeable one - have deleted their Meta accounts in addition to blocking Meta on Tik Tok. There are a few memes on Tik Tok of people sending messages to their Chinese handlers.
Looking at congress critters who voted NO to the ban - include some strange bedfellows including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rand Paul (voted present), Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, J.D. Vance, and Ted Cruz.
What's fun is listening to the number of newscasts saying that Tik Tok is OWNED by the Chinese government. This is one more instance of television journalism (sic?) demonstrating the level of care that it takes to provide accurate information to the public.
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@kluurs I think that the Chinese government has the "ultimate" control over Tik Tok, so while they may not publicly have 50%+ of the shares, I think that they do function as the owner and have the power to make "big picture" decisions for the company.
