Posted on 01/18/2025 10:05:15 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Canadian TikTok users are claiming the app is also down for them as the U.S. ban takes effect, with dozens of annoyed Canadian users flocking to X to vent their frustrations.
On Saturday night, the popular social media app was removed from American app stores, with access blocked for American users as a warning message reading, "A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now," with two options at the bottom prompting users to "Learn more" or "Close app."
The message also shouted out President-elect Donald Trump, with developers writing, "We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!"
But the ban, which was supposed to affect Americans only, seems to also be impacting their northern neighbors, with dozens of Canadian TikTokers venting on other social media platforms about their apps giving them the same warning message despite residing outside the U.S.
"BRUH WHY ISNT TIKTOK WORKING FOR ME IM IN CANADA????" X user @theepopprince wrote. "MY TIKTOK IS BANNED AND I LIVE IN CANADA WHAT KIND OF S--- IS THIS," @NikLaFlame added. "Why is my tiktok not working??? I LIVE IN CANADA," @Aiich10 tweeted.
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News from the 51st State.
Ha ha.
That’s ok, I wasn’t planning on voting for Trump anyway.
Turn off your VPN connection to the USA Canucks!
Lol
Canada is a parasite nation. They went down with the host.
🤣
TikTok shutting down has nothing to do with “the ban.”
Chinese communists are turning it off.
It still works for me. I’d guess that those Canadians, whom are being turned off, are using a host based in the US.
Canada is europe wanting American perks. It ends up being a really weird parody of both.
OMG!
Someone might have to get a life, or another app.
The common saying from way back in the 1960s was “When the USA catches a cold, Canada catches pneumonia”
Yah, you all might as well go ahead and get yourselves annexed.
Yeah. Maybe they’re already a state, but just haven’t been clued in.
Sounds like a lot of hosers in the Great White North are getting restless. No Tik Toke “cooking shows” today.
Mebe these canuckelheads, and illegals, can go to south america and tiktok all they want........
I strongly believe TikTok should not return to America under its current communist ownership. If Trump decides to reintroduce it, perhaps to appease pro-China figures like Elon Musk, it must come with strict conditions for China.
First and foremost, China should authorize all major U.S. social networks - starting with X, Facebook, and Instagram - which have been banned in China for years.
Why should we continue to allow TikTok to thrive here while they block access to our platforms? Accepting TikTok’s return without demanding reciprocity would be a humiliating defeat for America - a glaring display of weakness akin to a “digital Afghanistan retreat”.
Gen Z folks using TikTok have come to the same conclusion as you. They're saying that they refuse to use Meta apps. As an act of defiance, millions are downloading RedNote, another app that's owned by China.
“As an act of defiance, millions are downloading RedNote, another app that’s owned by China.”
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I never heard about RedNote. Evidently it should be banned immediately as well if China owns it.
As long as American platforms are banned in China, ALL Chinese platforms must be banned in America.
Pure common sense.
“As an act of defiance, millions are downloading RedNote, another app that’s owned by China.”
How many new users can read and write in Chinese?
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