r/technology • u/HellYeahDamnWrite • Jan 15 '25

Social Media TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-plans-immediate-us-shutdown-153524617.html
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u/xBewm Jan 15 '25

Celebrating the government banning an app is kind of weird to me. Like I get not wanting to use the app but we shouldn’t really be psyched about the government deciding what kind of social avenues are available to us. Especially when X and Meta are allowed to continue operating how they always have been.

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u/mbhwookie Jan 15 '25

Yea. It’s concerning. I have never used TikTok outside of the rare viewing a video someone sent me, and I really think social media is a problem overall, but the government banning it is not the solution we need. It’s just a bunch of out touch people with power trying to control the country.

If there is legitimate national security concerns; they need to share those with the public.