TikTok goes dark in the US

Post by gniv » Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 5:42 AM UTC

subzero06 wrote: post #137

they are really blocking even with VPN, i was just testing stuff out. 1 - if you created an account in US and trying to login with that account, then it wont work. 2 - tried logging in to Canada VPN, and create a "Canadian" account so i can login to tiktok, no joy, it somehow throws errors on debugger and does not proceed on sign up button. 3 - Booted up an AWS ec2 free windows tier machine on Canada region, created…

Post by suraci » Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 5:48 AM UTC

aorloff wrote: post #167

I have a teenager who regularly requests his TikTok screen time allowance to be reduced. He wants to not know the passcode even though he is well old enough to know it if he wants. What this temporary outage might do is have the opposite effect TikTok expects - to show people they need a break from such an addictive app. Stranger things have happened on the internet. The longer before Trump "cuts a deal" the more I e…

Post by suraci » Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 5:52 AM UTC

enlightenedfool wrote: post #145

Did they ever show the proof of spying to the American public?

Post by plantwallshoe » Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 5:53 AM UTC

idunnoman1222 wrote: post #179

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Post by suraci » Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 5:59 AM UTC

wilg wrote: post #148

AirMax98 wrote: post #98

It's a shame that it's come to this. I feel that all arguments that TikTok is unhealthy or spyware and bad for our general public are valid, but the same arguments also apply to Instagram/Twitter/Whatever. Rather than have some sort of further regulation for what data any application can collect and present to Americans, we've just brought the hammer down on the millions of people that use this application for their…

None of those arguments are the salient one, which is that a geopolitical adversary has control over a major influence vector on US public opinion. They could simply have divested.