Sunday, January 19, 2025

Chinese-Owned TikTok Back after Trump Pledge

Around 12 hours after shutting itself down in the United States, TikTok is back for many users almost like it never left, attributing its return to a move by President-elect Donald Trump to save the app.

Posted by retort at 04:56 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink

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Call me crazy, but I think Trump is working in cahoots with the communist Chinese government on this whole "TikTok ban" thing.[image or embed]

-- Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) January 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM

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Looks like the check for the Inaugural gift cleared.

#1 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-01-19 05:45 PM

And all the MAGAts will be cool with the Dotard stepping in to help the Chinese Commies?

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-01-19 05:45 PM

www.wired.com

Two months into trying to understand why a mob of angry protesters violently stormed the US Capitol, a significant influence remains overlooked: TikTok.

In the search for accountability, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube"the perennial havens for disinformation and radicalization"were joined on center stage by a younger fringe platform: Parler. At its apex, the temporarily deprovisioned Parler had fewer than 20 million accounts and peaked at just under 3 million daily active users. TikTok has more than 800 million active users across the world and 50 million in the US who log in every single day.

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-01-19 05:54 PM

Trump has enormous influence over the most corrupt court in the land. 'Nuff said.

#4 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-01-19 07:05 PM

Surely Trump didn't set this all up, did he?
After all, there's NO WAY this country would elect a man president who had documented business dealings and profits from China! It's not as if the CEO of Tik-Tok is gonna be at the Inauguration and larghesse party afterwards, right? haha

I'm reminded of all the Republiturds breathlessly claiming Joe Biden had received millions from China ... and all of that disappeared like the nothingburger it was.

A related topic: didn't CONGRESS pass a bill requiring TikTok to shut down? If so, how can it be working again? I'm thinking Reagan and the Contras, part 2 here.

#5 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-01-19 08:37 PM

The law allows for an extension of a deal if it is in the works. Haven't heard of a buyer making an offer yet so it sounds like he is ignoring/stetching the law as usual.

It's painfully obvious though Trump is doing a bait and switch. So he can be the hero that saves tik tok after he convinced/pressured congress to ban it.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-19 09:09 PM

E1G1

Yes, they did. And the Supreme Court agreed with them.

However, that not the end of the story. Stay tuned for Trump's grand Entrance into the Presidency when he will do everything in his power to earn the money TikTok paid him to come to their rescue.

#7 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-01-19 09:12 PM

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