Mr Trump, the Amerikkkan people yearn for their treats 
I can see how if I had any inkling that the democrats were "good guys", this would upset me, but its honestly really funny seeing the most obvious own-goal in history happen over a really long period of time where any one of them could have noticed what was happening and course corrected.
The Dems are such gigantic clowns they make Guaido look like a serious politician
Woah, woah, woah! That’s a bit too harsh, even for these genociders.
I read a flippant remark without proof that TikTok gave trump $100million. Anyone got corroboration of that claim? I want to shove it in someone's face.
I've heard that, too. I haven't even bothered looking up a source because I find it so easy to believe lol. Zuckerberg has already donated like a million dollars to his inauguration fund. Every US oligarch is going to be rushing to bribe our grifter in chief now.
Thats going to be an annoying part of his presidency I didn't even consider until just now: all the people rushing to stroke his ego so they can get something out of him, every company and oligarch pretending he's a handsome, stable genius. It's going to be gross.
One good thing is, it exposes just how truly corrupt and vile "liberal democracy" really is.
lmao Biden made sure one of the last events of his presidency was banning the most popular social media site in the country, leaving it to be unbanned by Trump days later.
Democrats really don't want to win.
John Oliver: This is why we have to ban TrumpTok, I mean DrumpfDrok
Apparently in one of his recent videos, he argued we need to rethink the whole "anyone from anywhere being able to talk to anyone else" aspect of technology, on accounta scary-wary foreign disinformation
On the one hand, I agree with him, but only in the sense that I think AES countries need to shut down disinformation from the US and the West. Their whole argument about why they should be able to output propaganda to these countries has always been the right to freedom of speech, so it is hilarious watching one of their most sacred pillars of liberalism crumble before our very eyes.
In his defense, many US normies have been very easily China-pilled in a matter of days. (And we love to see it!!!)
Libs sacrificing one more of their so-called liberal values one by one when they can't control every aspect of how people exercise those values
trump should keep tiktok banned for a week to really set in the anti-democrat feeling in the zoomers/gen alpha and them unbanning it
Funny because Trump brought it up before Biden was in office. "Man praised for putting out fire after starting said fire." Lucky for him it seems TikTok users have memories as short as their media.
Edit: wording
Trump didn’t start that fire. He said “maybe we should start a fire”, then didn’t. Democrats later decided to actually start a fire. Democrats poured the fuel and Biden lit the match.
That depends if you consider his executive order talk of starting a fire, or just starting a fire.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-around-the-us-tiktok-ban/
The company said in the days before the law took effect that it planned to make the app inaccessible to US users—a level of cooperation and accommodation that the outgoing Biden White House called a “stunt” on Saturday afternoon. Even if TikTok itself had obligations under the law, the Biden White House had signaled that it did not plan to enforce the ban before Trump took office on Monday.
lmao
also, VPNs won't wok either
Biden White House had signaled
What, like a light in the sky? I love the implication that they should have broken this law because porky slightly hinted they wouldn’t get upset about it
the statement from a couple days ago:
"TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identified by Congress in developing this law," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a written statement.
"Given the sheer fact of timing, this Administration recognizes that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration, which takes office on Monday."
another WH correspondent also said the ban would at first be "symbolic and have no effect"
How is it a stunt when the law Biden signed is literally
As of January 19, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act will make it unlawful for companies in the United States to provide services to distribute, maintain, or update the social media platform TikTok
like what did he think would happen on his last day in office when you’re banning a treat?
the law was enacted but not enforced yet, but they decided to enforce it upon themselves, before they legally had to. last week biden said he'd leave the fate of the enforcement in trump's hands, in an attempt to save face i guess
stroking trump's savior complex like this will probably double the chances of him actually following through tbh. smart move from tiktok
But "enforced" means what, international arrest warrants and sanctions against bytedance employees? Corporate fines? I honestly don’t know, but we generally don’t describe people following murder law as "enforcing a self-ban on killing people."
yeah but the white house basically told them they don't have to block it right away and they wouldn't gaf or do anything. (though obviously complying immediately would help its chances of being saved later, so why the hell they wouldn't they?)
we generally don’t describe people following murder law as "enforcing a self-ban on killing people."
if murder law was enacted without any enforcement or penalty then that descriptor wouldn't be too far off
No, read the press release.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/17/statement-by-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-regarding-tiktok/
The press release says follow the law, and TikTok is following the law by shutting down.
where does it say follow the law?
Given the sheer fact of timing, this Administration recognizes that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration, which takes office on Monday.
also this
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/biden-white-house-says-enforcement-of-tiktok-ban-will-fall-to-trump-2
So this is entirely symbolic?
Exactly. It is symbolic. It has no effect.
edit: tiktok's already in the process of restoring service despite the law technically being in place lol
I've seen videos of American TikTokers crying and begging for Trump to save TikTok.
i saw one doing a bit as the
"please save me mr trump" guy, it was pretty funny
Absolutely hilarious play by TikTok and probably the most easily avoidable PR disaster for the Democrats in decades. I laughed so fucking hard when I saw this, I can only imagine the panicked phone calls that are happening right now.
I want to say American's will forget quickly, but an app being banned by the government is unprecedented in the US so who knows
God, I really have a hard time believing that the Democrats actually want to win elections.
At this point I believe the democrats are deliberately trying to boost Trump's approval rating.
Why? So they justify their own right wing turn? They want to work across the aisle? Idk pick whatever reason you want.
I guess normalizing Trump does ward off any revolutionary potential in the population, so maybe it's not so farfetched.
:0 apparently looks like Facebook has a trail leading to a potential purchase
How do we get people to abandon these platforms? Like what’s the first step to planting the seed because we’re legit on the path of 3 corporations owning everything tech. Already lost that battle once with food conglomerates
Such a helpless feeling because tech bros have infected all aspects of our lives, they keep infecting our lives to even further extents and only annoying mfs like me seem to be care. Legit had a conversation with a friend today who did the whole “don’t bully people we’re all just trying to get by and enjoy some fun”
Don't think it's a problem that gets fixed until there is a DoTP. Don't think it's an essential tool for getting there either.
People react to the tangible benefits over ideas. We can say religion is the opiate of the masses, but it's the institution that dominates mutual aid, addiction services, bereavement and prisons. Finding people at their most desperate and rewiring their brains with hopeful experiences that lead to fanatical devotion.
Tech companies can only come so close with their multi-billion dollar algorithms. FOSS and decentralised efforts have entirely missed the mark by assuming that the lack of this sophistication is "a feature, not a bug". This doesn't appeal to most people. They want that dopamine fix from the algorithm. They want simple, intuitive tech, and TikTok reinvented the TV for them in a way Western tech pathetically couldn't replicate, so they had to buy them out.
Let it happen. The "seed" is the social infrastructure we must build to deal with more important things like food, medicine and housing.
I'm honestly curious what will happen. if he ignores the supreme court hell could break loose. but it could also be really hilarious to see the ensuing chaos. just an average evening in burgerland.
while it could cause some chaos , its important to remember that Trump can legally ignore the supreme court since they passed that law that presidents cant be charge for breaking the law during their term, but besides maybe some protests by dems i dont see any large scale action against him happening if he undo the ban
Also, it's not without precedent. Andrew Jackson famously ignored the Supreme Court when it helped him genocide more indigenous tribes
was always about propagating the cultural hegemony
fn lmaoooo