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TikTokers in meltdown over impending US ban as they post tearful videos saying goodbye to their beloved app
Sun UK ^ | 1/18/2025 | Annabel Bate

Posted on 01/19/2025 3:39:43 AM PST by marcusmaximus

INFLUENCERS are mourning the looming shutdown of TikTok as they post tearful videos saying goodbye to the beloved app.

The Supreme Court have upheld a law to ban the application if it is not sold in the United States - leaving users devastated.

The ban is set to go into effect on January 19, leaving the platform's future in the hands of the incoming Trump administration.

One popular influencer on the app, Emily Senn, filmed herself crying after hearing the news, saying that she would "never forgive" the US government for its actions against TikTok.

(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ccp; china
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1 posted on 01/19/2025 3:39:43 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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Now maybe they can work on getting their IQ’s back up


2 posted on 01/19/2025 3:41:32 AM PST by albie (U)
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Their brains are mush now. Too late.


3 posted on 01/19/2025 3:42:31 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

They can do exactly what they’ve been doing on Facebook or YouTube or any other social site. Even gettr has one.


4 posted on 01/19/2025 3:48:15 AM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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To: marcusmaximus

How are the bored housewives going to know what other bored housewives are doing?


5 posted on 01/19/2025 3:51:29 AM PST by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: marcusmaximus

OH MY GOD! How am I going to make as much yen as I do on Tic Tok at a regular wage cage job?


6 posted on 01/19/2025 3:59:18 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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I don’t know much if anything about TIKTOK, but it seems to be foolish if anyone is counting on making a living from it. I was of the opinion it was a social network, but that there was the possibility of the CCP getting useful (to them) information from it....information that could be used against the U.S.


7 posted on 01/19/2025 4:06:45 AM PST by oldtech
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To: marcusmaximus

Never used it, not affected.

Ditto to just about all of the social media platforms.


8 posted on 01/19/2025 4:10:24 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: marcusmaximus

If the cell phone network went down for five days they would be killing themselves.


9 posted on 01/19/2025 4:28:55 AM PST by wetgundog
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Worthless faggots


10 posted on 01/19/2025 4:29:15 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Emily needs a hobby. Maybe a good book.


11 posted on 01/19/2025 4:34:30 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: marcusmaximus

The arrogance and hypocrisy here astounds me sometimes... What if it was the Free Republic? No problem at all right?

If anyone claims it would not bother them they are lying through their teeth...


12 posted on 01/19/2025 4:39:56 AM PST by Openurmind
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Free Republic is American, not Chinese.


13 posted on 01/19/2025 4:42:17 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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“Ditto to just about all of the social media platforms.”

And you think the Free Republic is exempt from the legal definition of social media?

Wrong... The Free Republic “IS” a Social Media platform too.

“Social Media: Definition

Social media is digital technology that allows the sharing of ideas and information, including text and visuals, through virtual networks and communities.

Social media typically features user-generated content that lends itself to engagement via likes, shares, comments, and discussion.”

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/social-media.asp


14 posted on 01/19/2025 4:45:12 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: marcusmaximus
But what about all those "Influencers"?

How can they make money now, with no job skills and no clingers/harpies/"fans"?????

15 posted on 01/19/2025 4:48:55 AM PST by traditional2 ("Is it them, again, Yogi?")
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To: maddog55

Well said, Sir!


16 posted on 01/19/2025 4:49:53 AM PST by traditional2 ("Is it them, again, Yogi?")
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To: marcusmaximus

“Free Republic is American, not Chinese.”

That is not the point at all. The point is sadistically making fun of their panic when you all would do the exact same thing if it were the Free Republic. It is hypocrisy, arrogance, and self righteousness at it’s best.


17 posted on 01/19/2025 4:55:02 AM PST by Openurmind
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I figured most anything with people communicating is can be a target.

FR is about 90% of what I use.


18 posted on 01/19/2025 5:01:07 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: marcusmaximus

The Chinese prefer to shut TikTok down in the hopes of future life than lose control over TikTok by selling TikTok to a US buyer.


19 posted on 01/19/2025 5:01:18 AM PST by yldstrk
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Not happening. They have been so dumbed down. Have you looked at this math they are inflicting on our kids and grand kids? Not 10+10=20, it’s 1 box with 10 dots and another box with 10 dots. It’s STUPID


20 posted on 01/19/2025 5:03:04 AM PST by southernindymom
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