r/technology 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/felixthecat15 Jan 19 '25

This whole ban started with Trump 4 years ago and he’s about to take credit for “bringing it back.” The younger generation will love him more.

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u/positronik Jan 19 '25

Not from what I saw from young tiktok users today. Many were reminding everyone he started it and to not give him credit. No one seemed happy that he might be the one to "save" it

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u/TearingMeAppartLisa Jan 19 '25

Not the case for the majority of them. This is misleading.

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u/positronik Jan 20 '25

I can literally show you comments and videos with tens of thousands of comments that show otherwise