Why does the ban on TikTok matter to so many people? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 15 hours ago by Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Like, I know why it's being banned or has been banned or whatever. I just don't understand the rage behind to keep this shitty ass social media platform that is essentially Vine 2.0

TikTok has been the detriment to society today as Facebook was and is. People doing stupid challenges. People's attention span getting lower and lower. People pretending they're more popular than life itself because of their faux acting and lip-syncing.

Why keep the piece of shit?

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[-] vulture_god@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 hours ago

Here's Mitt Romney and Anthony Blinken's explanation for the ban's passage:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitt-romney-reveals-twisted-reason-why-congress-moved-to-ban-tiktok/ar-BB1lUzZi

TLDR:

Then Romney explained that the TikTok ban overwhelmingly passed both chambers of Congress because of the widespread Palestinian advocacy on the app.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

Thanks, and yeah that figures

this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2025

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