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BREAKING - Tiktok has now SHUT DOWN SERVICES in the United States, noting "A law banning Tiktok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. 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!"

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[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This just seems like weird censorship/control to me. Unless they can come forward with hard evidence that TikTok is working for the Chinese government.

I just think of all of the actual hateful and concerning websites out there that stay up and nobody blinks an eye.

I've never used TikTok and I don't really like what I've seen from it, but a ban seems unnecessary