Posted on 01/19/2025 11:14:19 AM PST by PJ-Comix
It was a ban that lasted only a few hours but, HOO-BOY, did it ever inspire mass panic among the TikTokers in the brief time TikTok was offline. Here we see the TikTokers trying to cope with life WITHOUT TikTok. Oh, and fortunately one savvy TikToker was able to give credit for the return of TikTok where credit was due... President Donald Trump.
I’m climbing down from my rooftop over this news. I’ll drink some water and take nourishment. I hope this never happens again.
PING!
Trump cannot pick and choose which laws he wants to. This las has been pass by Congress and signed by a POTUS, and upheld by SCOTUS. It is the law of the land. Upholding the law must start now. Impeach him for failure to carry out his oath of office ar 12:02 on Monday if necessary.
Before the news of this reprieve, I wonder how many wrists were slashed or jumpers leapt from tall buildings or bridges?
I done told y’all TT ain’t going anywhere anytime soon. I realize there are few here who use the app, but the truth is, TT played a huge role in getting Trump elected. That Trump dance that the media started reporting on after the election, had gone viral 2 months before. The # of pro Trump supporters creating pro Trump content and getting the truth out was and still is a large army. TT is here to stay, one way or another.
Senator Tom Cotton is all whizzed off about this but doesn’t Senator Cotton realize who the boss is right now.
Donald J. Trump
Too bad! Death to TikTok!
IIRC, the passed law had a provision for a single 90 day delay of the ban. This is what the President is doing.
So it wasn’t a ban, then.
Reading is fundamental. The law allows him to suspend the law if negotiations are ongoing. Also, yes, he can suspend enforcement of a law with an executive order in some circumstances. This was adjudicated in the 1930s.
By the way, it’s illegal to enter the country illegally. Biden threw open the border with an executive order.
But thanks for playing.
I can’t keep track of whether I should want this site to be banned or not.
Well, yes, then again, no.... Frankly if it went away, I wouldn’t miss it. Saw some goober crying in their car about the money they would be losing...so some would be affected—if Kevin OLeary purchased TT, I would be good with that...
I’m willing to wait and see how it turns out.
I can’t keep track of whether I care or not.
“if Kevin OLeary purchased TT, I would be good with that...”
Nope... his bright idea is to buy it and not buy the algorithm. He thinks he can just operate it without it and sees TT as just another Instagram or Facebook Reels. It would fail spectacularly with a US oligarch model.
You dmm well better be joking.
I don’t understand why they want to ban Tik Tok even though CCP controls it and spy’s on everyone, when we let the Chicoms buy our land right next to a military base, and set up Chicom Police stations in NY and LA. No sense.
“Saw some goober crying in their car about the money they would be losing”
That “goober” probably built up a lot of content about history, cooking videos, dog training, music tutorials, political commentary, travel, investing, a Christian ministry, and who knows what else. The median earnings of a creator there is around 20k a year.
For about a million Americans, that money mattered in their life a lot. Not everyone is a Ukrainian, a Taliban, or a Syrian rebel and gets money poured on them by the US government.
The ban hurts a lot of regular people. And yet again, when American people experience abuse, harm, and violation of their life liberty and pursuit of happiness.... it comes from DC, not from Peking.
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