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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

First video that popped up was AOC talking about how insidious this exact message is.

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anyone else think it’s oddly convenient how this happens just after Rednote jumps in popularity?

It’s clearly pro-Trump propaganda, but I also can’t help but think there’s more than one motivation going on here. People are jumping to another platform, time to remind them that TikTok is still here! Can’t risk pulling an Elon and losing all those users to an alternative.

But I’m just thinking out loud here. I don’t use TikTok or Rednote, so I don’t know how well they compare. Thoughts?

[–] Sundiata@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think China doesn't want tiktok users to spread to rednote since they have a large domestic userbase already there, they don't want influenced americans influencing the chinese population creating influenception.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're now also censoring pro-Palestine content.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh gee. Why would they ever do that?! Tik tok promised me free speech!

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I almost had a vomiting reflex. It is now pretty obvious that the whole thing was intended from the beginning to suck the small trump dick hard.

I never had tiktok and now have a superiority complex.

[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Scary US is scary...

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Make America China Again?

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is this a real screenshot or an edit based off the previous "Tik Tok isn't available" message? I can't check as I am not in the USA.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 13 points 2 months ago

Can confirm it’s real; went to check myself out of suspicion.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I mean Google Play did disable downloading it with a freeze warning about the ongoing issue.

Sucking up to Trump is exactly what any company would do right now if they want to ensure further existence and business. Musk and Zuck flipped even faster.

tbh I don't think it would have been that much different under Biden because he did say he wasn't interested in enforcing the ban which means he was also probably trying to negotiate TikTok to give partial ownership to someone in the USA. Either that or he lied for optics which is also nothing new lol.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

YouTube is probably going to be the next platform to entrumpify

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

I expect reports of deleting any video saying otherwise in a few days.

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