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Could TikTok ever be banned in the UK too?
BBC News ^ | Jan. 18, 2025 | Joe Tidy

Posted on 01/18/2025 8:20:38 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

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1 posted on 01/18/2025 8:20:38 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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The war on social media is all over the world. France still has Pavel Durov the founder of Telegram in custody twisting his arm to do what the “Deep State” wants.

It’s part of a post on my blog this weekend regarding events in France...

https://nextrushfree.blogspot.com/2025/01/france-yellow-vests-week-322the-latest.html


2 posted on 01/18/2025 8:23:55 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Banning in US and UK....

You say you want a revolution....

You say you’ll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it’s the institution
Well, you know
You’d better free your mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow.


3 posted on 01/18/2025 8:24:17 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Nextrush
The war on social media is all over the world. France still has Pavel Durov the founder of Telegram in custody twisting his arm to do what the “Deep State” wants.

Due to social media, governments around the world is forced to be accountable.

Get rid of social media, it'll be business as usual.

4 posted on 01/18/2025 8:31:14 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Facebook steals your data and hates America too!


5 posted on 01/18/2025 8:44:31 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I don’t understand the allure, but my wife and sons enjoy it. When President Trump saves this app, he will will gain literally millions of new supporters. If they can turn half republican, then the Dems are cooked.

This is Huge And Series.


6 posted on 01/18/2025 9:04:36 PM PST by bleach (Donaldus Magnus 2024-2028 A.D.)
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Meant Hugh not Huge. lol


7 posted on 01/18/2025 9:05:31 PM PST by bleach (Donaldus Magnus 2024-2028 A.D.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Won’t even be really banned in the US let alone the UK.


8 posted on 01/18/2025 9:07:44 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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When President Trump saves this app, he will will gain literally millions of new supporters. If they can turn half republican, then the Dems are cooked.

I bet you Barron is telling him that.

9 posted on 01/18/2025 9:08:18 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Nextrush

Telegram is still happily running, arrest or no arrest.


10 posted on 01/18/2025 9:09:57 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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Yeah, but it’s owner sits in prison because he doesn’t censor enough.


11 posted on 01/18/2025 9:46:11 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI..Exactly.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Where’s Luigi when you need him?


12 posted on 01/18/2025 9:46:38 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI..Exactly.)
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There is not and never has been a ban on TikTok.

Trump said it had to change ownership from the Chinese Communist government.

First thing Biden did was rescind Trump’s order.

Four years later Biden admin says they’ll close the barn door.

Empty gesture.


13 posted on 01/18/2025 10:20:27 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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First thing Biden did was rescind Trump’s order.

That was before Trump used TikTok to campaign.

14 posted on 01/18/2025 10:47:36 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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“ That was before Trump used TikTok to campaign.”

Interesting observation/suggestion.

Biden, after four years, went back to Trump’s policy because of this.

Jokes on Biden if so because he’s a day late and a dollar short.


15 posted on 01/18/2025 10:57:39 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SmokingJoe

But there have been concessions to France and other countries some allegedly linked to criminal activity others like shutting down Telegram channels of Russian media in EU countries in the censorship realm.


16 posted on 01/19/2025 2:23:05 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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I just deleted all things from that Zuckerberg jerk. If they can take away TikTok, he shouldn’t be making any money, either, much less having a monopoly.


17 posted on 01/19/2025 2:38:09 AM PST by AmericanMermaid
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I just deleted all things from that Zuckerberg jerk. If they can take away TikTok, he shouldn’t be making any money, either, much less having a monopoly.

Apparently, people on TikTok vowed to delete Meta apps after the TikTok ban. So in the long run, it'll hurt Zuckerberg because he's not going to see any growth in his business.

He'll have Baby Boomers continue to use Facebook but that'll be about it.

18 posted on 01/19/2025 6:00:46 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Good, because if anyone has spied on us, it’s been him. Lord knows he and his people have done all they can to silence Christians and conservatives.


19 posted on 01/19/2025 6:39:22 AM PST by AmericanMermaid
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Well sure. They don’t even have a first amendment to ignore.


20 posted on 01/19/2025 6:40:19 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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