It would be nice if such a ban meant that a small competitor could get a jumpstart. Instead I fear the result is that Meta just gets bigger.
TikTok goes dark in the US
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#42A huge shame it'll be undone in 24 hours. Shouting out Trump by name in the ban message is hilarious, they are really doing their best to tie his hands.
It's extra bizarre, because Trump is the one that made the initial move towards banning TikTok during his first term.
That was before Jeff Yass gave him a bunch of money.
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#43So I used a VPN to go to a different country and... I still get the "Tiktok banned" message, which is a little surprisingly honestly. I guess Tiktok have done this on an account basis rather than strictly GeoIP. The "learn more" link tells you that you can still download your data. I'm not sure how. Website maybe? Because the app only has "learn more" and "close app" as options. Interestingly the fyp still loads and…
I think they go by your SIM information or at least that's how they've done it for other regions. Try turning off your eSIM or taking your SIM card out.
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#44So I used a VPN to go to a different country and... I still get the "Tiktok banned" message, which is a little surprisingly honestly. I guess Tiktok have done this on an account basis rather than strictly GeoIP. The "learn more" link tells you that you can still download your data. I'm not sure how. Website maybe? Because the app only has "learn more" and "close app" as options. Interestingly the fyp still loads and…
Might just be your device lang and timezone too.
No. Canada exists.
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#45I clicked open the link to find Yahoo has gone dark in China since 2021. Doesn’t work even with a VPN. I miss the good old days of the Web.
The chasm between the current tech world's culture and Barlow's "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" is really jarring
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#46I'd like to discuss the pop-up's content. If it comes out to be that one guy, President Trump, CAN pass an executive order that effectively ignores a law that Congress passed AND the Supreme court upheld unanimously, it's a very dangerous precedent.
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#47I hope trump will reverse this action. I don't want government to decide what I am allowed to watch.
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#48I'm really curious and somewhat worried about what the economic effect of this is going to be. There are a number of legitimate small businesses that saw a lot of, if not all of, their business and customer base through TikTok. Business that just will not be able to make the move to somewhere else. I personally know musicians, actors, and artists that got a lot of work through TikTok. People who actually create thing…
You should never be fully reliant on a single corporate platform if you make a living selling goods or services.
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#49This'll be a pretty interesting psychological experiment. Tomorrow a whole lot of addicted people are going to be experiencing withdrawals at the same time. I have to assume nothing major will come of it, but still, there's not too many instances of this occurring in society, right?
Most people will just use Instagram Reels or YouTube shorts. They’re identical.
> Most people will just use Instagram Reels or YouTube shorts. They’re identical
You’re being downvoted. But you’re correct. The vocal minority inflames about this are mostly ideologically offended, based on the calls and letters I’m hearing both blue and red electeds receive.
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#50Did they also delist themselves from the App Store or is that by Apple and Google?
Yes.