r/technology • u/MrKillaMidnight • Jan 19 '25

Social Media TikTok is down in the US

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24346961/tiktok-shut-down-banned-in-the-us
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u/poop-machine Jan 19 '25

Total PR stunt. TikTok CEO is attending the inauguration, and the banner on the app says "Fortunately President Trump will work with us on a solution".

All of this was done to boost Trump's popularity among young Americans.

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u/h4p3r50n1c Jan 19 '25

But Biden signed it though. And majority of democrats voted for it. It’s a whole government fuck up.

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u/kerouacrimbaud Jan 19 '25

No, it’s just people falling for trump’s shit again. The youngins are rubes.

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u/dj_antares Jan 19 '25

Well, who do we have to blame? How is it Trump's shit when literally Dems enabled AND Biden advocated for the ban?

They deserve to get blamed. The had all the chances in the world to make it a Republican mess, but they chose to eat shit.

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u/ArkamaZero Jan 19 '25

Trump pushed the idea of banning it during his first presidency.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

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u/kerouacrimbaud Jan 19 '25

He issued an EO trying to ban it.