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/AKJangly Jan 15 '25

It isn't about the app or the content. It's about the owners having Chinese government tendrils all over them. China has been deep into cyberwarfare with the United States, to such an extent that they could probably crush us overnight. They effectively have us in a box without us really understanding what that means.

Banning tiktok is part of getting ourselves out of that box.

The last thing we want is to be China's puppet on a string. It's good to move away from that.

In the wake of all of this, YouTube shorts will surge massively, I'm sure.

And I wouldn't be surprised if an American-esque tiktok came about.

So overall disruption should be minimal, but with massive positive implications for national security.