Pikachoo Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 me whenever Trump, Musk or any right wing dummy posts something new 4
Cesar Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 11 minutes ago, sugarysunflower said: What's in it for him …….. Quote This month, Trump met with TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. in other words…. he was bought, which sounds a little too good to be true 2
LustSpell Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 (edited) Wow, going back on a ban on a fundamental device in how he won. More misinformation incoming. Who's surprised! Edited December 27, 2024 by LustSpell 1
Tcharm Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 He wants to take credit for saving it... Its obvious 2
Rep2000 Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 And just like that, certain tiktok defenders just become MAGA Trumpsters. 2
Sheep Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 (edited) Sorry but that app actually does need a ban or Bytedance needs to build a GIGANTIC wall between their US and Chinese arms. All major social media and internet advertising is a security risk but the fact that the rest of them are domestic companies makes it less threatening. Every foreign government should also be taking steps to reign in use of services from Meta and Google as well, its insane how complacent politicians have become with foreign governments tracking their own citizens' every single move and thought. This was one of the very very few stances Trump took that I agreed with. Edited December 27, 2024 by Sheep 3 1
Antonini Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 On 12/18/2024 at 5:56 PM, CottageHore said: You sound like a boomer. Obviously, the largest social media app on the planet with 70 million users will have its fair share of uncles and ring wing conspiracists. News flash: they exist outside of TikTok too. "The app" is also the reason why awareness of Palestine finally broke mainstream, why Starbucks lost millions in revenue because of the TikTok-driven union protests, and the list goes on. Regardless, even if you personally haven't extracted any use out of the app, you should at the very least understand that millions of other people do and that the government should not be able to strip millions of Americans of their first amendment rights, their ability to assemble around a common cause, and take away their income. It's objectively unconstitutional and should terrify you. If this ban goes through, it will set a precedent of over-reaching government censorship and on top of that we will lose a platform that has given millions of us a collective voice that has finally allowed us to push back against the oppression and censorship of the exploitative corporate-government partnership that is actively ******* us. This isnt a freedom of speech issue when you're just using the app as a social media platform. You have no "rights" to the use of a private company's product. Why do idiots online always try to use Free Speech as a defense? What oppression have you pushed back on btw? Seems like all the oppression continues on? Youre not doing anything meaningful through the app, people making money there can try and hustle elsewhere, they have OPTIONS. 1 2
NoOneDiesFromLove Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 Just when I thought he couldn't do any more damage
CottageHore Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Antonini said: This isnt a freedom of speech issue when you're just using the app as a social media platform. You have no "rights" to the use of a private company's product. Why do idiots online always try to use Free Speech as a defense? What oppression have you pushed back on btw? Seems like all the oppression continues on? Youre not doing anything meaningful through the app, people making money there can try and hustle elsewhere, they have OPTIONS. your argument is surface level fluff. The First Amendment isn't about guaranteeing access to a specific app, duh. Let's use those context clues, babe! The first amendment is about protecting citizens from government overreach that suppresses speech or expression. TikTok, like any social platform, isn't just a place to mindlessly scroll. It's a modern public square where people organize, educate, protest, and push back on oppression by using their voices on the app to "spread word", raise awareness, and assemble. And banning the app would take that space away for 70+ million Americans. Not to mention it would send millions of small businesses crumbling because TikTok shop is supporting them. A government overreach like this hasn't happened with social media ever. By your logic, if the government banned The New York Times tomorrow, it wouldn't be a First Amendment issue because, hey – we could all just read a different newspaper!!! And let's not pretend this is just about 'hustling elsewhere.' The government choosing to block access to a platform where millions of Americans communicate is a direct restriction on speech and members of congress have voiced their distain with the pro-Palestine narrative that dominates the app. TikTok may be privately owned, but banning it at a national level isn't the free market doing its thing – it's state censorship. You're just being intentionally ignorant if you think TikTok hasn't amplified important social issues and allowed social movements to spread more quickly in recent years. From exposing police brutality to raising awareness about Palestine to providing unbiased information about current events directly from your average American citizen. Brushing off a blatant overreach by labeling it 'not meaningful' is a precedent you'd have to be insane to wanna set. They really got you, don't they? Yikes! Edited December 28, 2024 by CottageHore 1 1
Antonini Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 1 hour ago, CottageHore said: your argument is surface level fluff. The First Amendment isn't about guaranteeing access to a specific app, duh. Let's use those context clues, babe! The first amendment is about protecting citizens from government overreach that suppresses speech or expression. TikTok, like any social platform, isn't just a place to mindlessly scroll. It's a modern public square where people organize, educate, protest, and push back on oppression by using their voices on the app to "spread word", raise awareness, and assemble. And banning the app would take that space away for 70+ million Americans. Not to mention it would send millions of small businesses crumbling because TikTok shop is supporting them. A government overreach like this hasn't happened with social media ever. By your logic, if the government banned The New York Times tomorrow, it wouldn't be a First Amendment issue because, hey – we could all just read a different newspaper!!! And let's not pretend this is just about 'hustling elsewhere.' The government choosing to block access to a platform where millions of Americans communicate is a direct restriction on speech and members of congress have voiced their distain with the pro-Palestine narrative that dominates the app. TikTok may be privately owned, but banning it at a national level isn't the free market doing its thing – it's state censorship. You're just being intentionally ignorant if you think TikTok hasn't amplified important social issues and allowed social movements to spread more quickly in recent years. From exposing police brutality to raising awareness about Palestine to providing unbiased information about current events directly from your average American citizen. Brushing off a blatant overreach by labeling it 'not meaningful' is a precedent you'd have to be insane to wanna set. They really got you, don't they? Yikes! "Government overreach" hasn't happened with social media because it's SO NEW. They haven't even really set up any modern laws to deal with the modern problems with social media, the gig economy, and other online transactions. I don't agree that they should outright "Ban" it. But you freaking out like it's the craziest thing that's happened and the biggest affront to American's rights is hilarious. 2
Mariano Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 I mean I hope they don't ban tiktok, cuz that was just not it, but if the usa are gonna start controlling its algorithm and so on then they might as well just do it
Lose My Breath Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 Honestly, after the major misinformation I saw during his run, I wanted it banned. It's full of crazy conspiracy theories
Blankspace2010 Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 He's going full blown populist. Interesting.
Jagger Posted January 6 Posted January 6 I support the ban solely because I can't stand that ******* tik tok robot woman's voice. Rest in piss hopefully 3
Cesar Posted January 6 Posted January 6 19 hours ago, Luckitty said: they mean they refused to censor pro Palestine posts well yes. AIPAC got upset and got the congress members that they support to vote on the bill. First time a bill has that much bipartisan support. the government rarely agrees with anything, let alone things that protect & improves americans lives. yet they had NO issue passing this bill with flying colors. All because Tiktok ruined Israels fake-image, exposing it to be the colonial genocidal state that it is 2
Distantconstellation Posted January 6 Posted January 6 (edited) If it does get ban which is seeming more likely then I'll jump on the Neptune app as soon as its launched in the spring. This time I will jump on that app right away and become big on it like I did on instagram where I had millions of followers before being hacked. I was making that money in my 20s and living it up. Which is why I always say my 20s were way better than my 30s. Edited January 6 by Distantconstellation
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