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TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill
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this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2025
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How does this work for countries outside of the US? Will Canadian and European TikTok get the propaganda too or will the US version be self contained?
The US... Self contained..
I read that US users will have to download a whole new app so I’m guessing anyone outside the US that keeps the current one won’t be affected.
So like the tiktok China has. It's like we are running full speed trying to become NK