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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 132 points 1 day ago

Spreading for awareness, I've been posting this in relevant threads for a week - This is all theater.

trump is going to "save" tik tok after starting the initial push to ban it (for the wrong reasons) to pretend he did something for you. Worst part is that all of the no/low info voters and non voters will eat it up.

It's the equivalent of a person pushing you into the middle of the street and at the very last second, that same person tells the drivers to all stop. "Wow, I owe you my life!"

And now, this adds two layers:

  1. You think trump and the Supreme Court are colluding? now they get to say, nah uh!!!! Even though again, this is all convoluted.

  2. trump gets to look "stronger" than the "highest court in the land" to help delude the next generation of low info tiktok folks.

P.s. The Chinese "protest" apps are going to mine the FUCK out of these millions of phones in the brief window they have them. Also, when the kids inevitably move back to tiktok, majority of them will leave these other apps installed on their phones, dormant and collecting in the background.

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

I think there's an even simpler explanation: political debt to Jeff Yass (15% tiktok owner) and his cash for the 2024 campaign.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trump-jeff-yass

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[-] WeUnite@lemm.ee 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I did some research and now I know why Trump wants to "save" TikTok.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-tiktok-courted-conservatives-before-trumps-win

https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/tiktok-and-white-supremacist-content/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/on-tiktok-misogyny-and-white-supremacy-slip-through-enforcement-gap

https://www.counterextremism.com/press/extremist-content-online-tiktok-accounts-spreading-extreme-right-propaganda-and-glorifying

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/16/congress/tiktok-sponsor-trump-inauguration-party-00198825

This one is especially damning:

TikTok is spending $50,000 on an inauguration party honoring influencers who helped Donald Trump spread his campaign message, according to the party organizer — and it’s scheduled for Sunday, the deadline for the company to spin off from its China-based owner or be banned in the U.S.

CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 23 hours ago

$50,000

lol peanuts aren't that damning... Capital in USA is spending millions and millions on Trump's inauguration.

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5227874/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-amazon-facebook-open-ai-meta-inauguration-fund

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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 48 points 1 day ago

That second paragraph is just vile. Donny brought this ban into motion and now they say he will save them?

The current Ban was not brought into motion by Trump, the current Ban started being discussed in congress in 2024, trumps efforts fell apart, shockingly enough. https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-timeline-ban-biden-india-d3219a32de913f8083612e71ecf1f428

[-] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 54 points 1 day ago

I know bad for democracy and everything but

This app has done nothing positive for my life, arguably began my social media addiction, filled my brain with negative content at the height of COVID and severely impacted my mental health

I don't think governments should ban platforns. But do I think TikTok should have ever existed? No

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Sounds like a you problem.

[-] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago

it is a me problem

you want to subject yourself to doomscrolling and unresticted data collection? go ahead. i dont give 2 shits

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Yes, it's a you problem that you can't control how you interact with your glass rectangle.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

The glass rectangle is designed to be addictive. Should we let people and companies intentionally abuse addictive designs?

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[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago

Surreal watching the rest of the internet freaking out. Meanwhile we are just sitting here on our own platforms doing our own things.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 62 points 1 day ago

Personally, I never saw the appeal of TikTok anyway.

Then again I also was never interested in Twitter.

I guess my attention span isn't short enough for that type of sites.

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[-] db2@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago

It's likely just staged bullshit so he can be the savior.

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