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/AlfredoAllenPoe Jan 15 '25

For soft power projection?

Unless the EU is deliberately trying to get left behind (which it kinda seems like with their policies)

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u/MikeLanglois Jan 15 '25

Thats the first time I have heard of soft power projection being a benefit of social media lol

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u/AlfredoAllenPoe Jan 15 '25

Soft power projection is 100% a benefit of social media

Like billions of people every year are consuming American media while browsing American social media apps on American designed phones. That stuff matters psychologically and geopolitically. It's the whole reason America banned TikTok.

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u/laplongejr Jan 16 '25

Tbf, we never heard about it because we don't care about that (when we should).

When the french streaming platform Salto was launched, 90% of their launch communication was about how they ensured they would NOT compete Netflix to avoid unfair competition laws.
I never saw a service launching in the US starting with claims about why their competitor is here to stay.

Or when comporations decides to switch their hosting due to privacy issues and the need to stay on EU soil... and in the end go in the US anyway to host the sensitive data, to be cost-effective.