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LMFAO HOLY FUCK.
We got a #TikTok ban before we got GUN protection enforcement, universal healthcare AND GTA 6
THIS COUNTRY IS A JOKE
![The image displays a TikTok interface showing a message that the app is currently unavailable due to legislation in the U.S. A notification mentions the situation regarding TikTok and President [Fuck That], along with an invitation to stay tuned for updates.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/853/287/324/827/518/original/20b78078e67861ec.jpeg "The image displays a TikTok interface showing a message that the app is currently unavailable due to legislation in the U.S. A notification mentions the situation regarding TikTok and President [Fuck That], along with an invitation to stay tuned for updates.")
![A TikTok welcome back notification appears on a phone screen, detailing the app's return to the U.S. due to President [FUCK OUTRA HERE WITH THIS PROPAGANDA]. The notification expresses gratitude for user support and encourages continued content creation and sharing.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/859/588/214/542/884/original/94903235b09becc9.jpeg "A TikTok welcome back notification appears on a phone screen, detailing the app's return to the U.S. due to President [FUCK OUTRA HERE WITH THIS PROPAGANDA]. The notification expresses gratitude for user support and encourages continued content creation and sharing.")
@ErickaSimone This is what the American people voted for *. My suspicion is that Trump and the TikTok CEO already have a plan in place to restore the service, maybe even in time for it to broadcast his inauguration.
* Don't blame me; I voted for Harris-Walz
@AlgoCompSynth @ErickaSimone Don't tell me what to do!
@ErickaSimone This country ...
@ErickaSimone It might be able to come back, but still the fact that it was banned is sickening when there are so many more real problems this country has to deal with. Putting it simply, what a shame.
@ErickaSimone Are you really "fortunate that President Trump has indicated ..."?
@shukugawarablog NOT AT ALL
@ErickaSimone But what will happen, when HE brings back tiktok to you? (Just interested. I am neither on tiktok nor in the US.)
@shukugawarablog I don’t know. I’m trying to be out the country by that point.
@ErickaSimone What about Asia?
@shukugawarablog what. Moving there? My mandarin is too weak for that.
@ErickaSimone I was thinking about the southern half of the peninsula, where they arrested their president. (They have excellent noise cancelling headphones there.)
@shukugawarablog oh Korea is amazing but I need them to figure that one out first. Japan would be idea but even that is… whatever.
@ricardoharvin or lack there of
But, apparently, Trump is going to be a much better president than Biden, according to someone on this fine platform.
@kaffando a bot, more than likely
@ErickaSimone
No, actually. Someone I've followed in here and in the other place for a long time, who has totally gone to the dark side.
@kaffando delete and block.
Yeah, something like that. The interesting bit I saw discussed by humanist report is that TikTokers, who jumped over to red book have found English speaking Chinese expressing pity for the healthcare system, we have to deal with here in the US. They look at healthcare access as a basic necessity.
@ErickaSimone Now do Facebook
@mls14 and Twitter
@ErickaSimone Carter and probably any other president would rotate in the graves by that statement "fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution"... As if the felon in chief negotiates that.
Tik tok is the worst brain rot ever.
@ErickaSimone As you can see from the US election, tiktok is more dangerous than guns.
@ErickaSimone Welcome to capitalism.
@ErickaSimone hilariously, lots of TikTok users jumped to Rednote, a blatant Chinese communist propaganda tool. I’m sure their user data is held in China…
The US is a country that really loves it's racist rich people.
@alienghic gross being stuck here. Ugh.
Yep.
It is unfortunately pretty hard to move elsewhere though.
There's a comedy music group that released a song for 2020.
"I Don't Want To Live on This Planet Anymore!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwUe0KOb2g0
I thing about it some of the time.
@alienghic @ErickaSimone
Another great track, Aliah Sheffield's Earth is Ghetto
https://youtu.be/CYlHuaTMWIQ
@BewilderedBeast @alienghic she’s such a cool human. lol.
@ErickaSimone did they write "President Trump" so they don't have to update it once he get inaugurated?
don't know what the legality is but Trump isn't / wasn't in office and why should they speak to him and not some organization like the FCC?
I'm not american i'm just irritated by their wording
@saxnot no you have full right to be bothered with that poor wording. I have no idea what’s going on or why they would even insinuate whatever that is.
@saxnot @ErickaSimone Several aspects, I think:
- Keeping "President" as a honorific for former presidents is by now an established custom (but not mandatory, and some oppose the custom).
- Biden stated that he won't rock the boat on his last day in office, which is also pretty standard in politics.
- Trump stated that he'll "find a solution".
As such, that statement is technically correct, even if it leaves out a bunch of things to make Trump look good.
That said, ByteDance seems to be well aware that, if you want to get Trump to do something in your favor, the first step is to placate him and feign reverence.
@ErickaSimone maybe we will get free healthcare in GTA 6?
This is so (tragic but) comical 
They are hailing the great new supreme leader already in the second part of that message, full on North Korean style.
When I first saw this on another account a few min ago, I thought the message got altered for comic relief.
But NO! This is REALLY the message they are showing 
Oh, America…
@ErickaSimone
I can already see the new administration fighting inflation.
Price tags in supermarkets will read:
„Normally these Bananas would be 4€, but we are fortunated that President Trump fights inflation for us, therefore they are only 3€.
MAGA!“
@ErickaSimone Note the kissing of the ring of King Trump the 1st 
@ErickaSimone TikTok is not to be trusted, so I don't see any problem with this. As a matter of fact, it's just part of the general growing bans and semi-bans on social media, like the Australian law which forbids social media to under-16's.
@PeterMotte agreed to an extent but TikTok is not where you start. Try Facebook. Or Roblox. Something shown to be harmful.
@ErickaSimone Well, yes, they should start everywhere. What I don't understand, is why people leaving TT go to RedNote, which is also Chinese. Doesn't sound like a sensible way out.
@ErickaSimone
If people are sad about a ban of a service like TikTok, then humanity is screwed beyond repair.
@marc_v_b if that’s what you got from this post, then try again. This time read the room. Not just the sentence.
@ErickaSimone Everyone seems to be missing the irony of that message. One of the concerns was political interference/influence and what does the 2nd paragraph do? Yup.
@philpetree YUP. Or the fact I’m stuck in a country with the poorest priorities EVER
@ErickaSimone I feel you... I see this crashing down in a big way and it breaks my heart into a million pieces. Thankfully, I've lived overseas enough that I have options... maybe not optimal options but still options better than what will happen here!
@ErickaSimone oh no! How will the US keep the kids dumb otherwise? 
@mugsaurus good ol twatter will get it done I guess
@ErickaSimo I never had an account, I stopped using twitter. Now I'm on Spoutible, Bluesky and here. Soon I think I'll get off Meta. I'm fucking sick of supporting this billionaire ne
They do seem to be spraying themselves with people repellent, don't they?
Billionaires have become so confident of their total control of the world that they’ve put their full asshole personalities on display for all of us to see.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @stereobar bluesky can also get fucked. None of these people can be trusted at this point.
That about sums it up. We live in a a country ruled by United Healthcare CEOs.
They are all born of the same malign and malignant ethics free cloth.
@ErickaSimone Unfortunately they are going to have to do the same things with their moderation and algorithms that Twitter and Meta did to stay in Trump’s good graces, so TikTok will be very different going forward.
Maybe try Loops, which is similar although it doesn’t have all the same capabilities as TikTok (yet).
@MisuseCase definitely going to loops.