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Welp, TikTok and its China-based proprietor ByteDance f***ed round and discovered. Late Saturday evening, TikTok was formally banned within the U.S., however it’s again up after Donald Trump vowed to reserve it. Shockingly, the card-collecting online game Marvel Snap and video modifying app CapCut are nonetheless down for the depend.
TikTok went darkish final evening, inflicting all of the influencers to lose their sh*t and take their grievances to X, Instagram, and wherever else they’ll hit a publish button.
Final evening, TikTok’s 187 million U.S. customers have been greeted with a message telling them they might not use the app and that the corporate was lucky that Felon 47, Donald Trump, would work with them to discover a resolution.
“Sorry, TikTok isn’t out there proper now. A regulation banning TikTok has been enacted within the U.S. Sadly, meaning you possibly can’t use TikTok for now,” the message begins. “We’re lucky that President Trump has indicated that he’ll work with us on an answer to reinstate TikTok as soon as he takes workplace. Please keep tuned!”
TikTok cooked 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/hzQvE5N6gG
— B E A N Z The Gamer Dad(beanzgotgamez.bsky.social) (@BeanzGotGamez) January 19, 2025
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Gen Z’s nightmare state of affairs of both having to place their telephones down or use different social media platforms to share unhealthy takes and do dance movies got here to an finish on Sunday after President-elect Trump mentioned on his bullsh*t platform, Reality Social, that he’ll subject an govt order on Monday to reserve it.
Per MSNBC:
“I’m asking corporations to not let TikTok keep darkish!” Trump wrote in a publish on Reality Social. “I’ll subject an govt order on Monday to increase the time frame earlier than the regulation’s prohibitions take impact, in order that we are able to make a deal to guard our nationwide safety. The order can even verify that there can be no legal responsibility for any firm that helped preserve TikTok from going darkish earlier than my order.”
As of this writing, the swap has been flipped again on within the U.S., with the corporate writing in a publish on X, previously Twitter, “In settlement with our service suppliers, TikTok is within the technique of restoring service. We thank President Trump for offering the mandatory readability and assurance to our service suppliers that they may face no penalties offering TikTok to over 170 million Individuals and permitting over 7 million small companies to thrive.”
“It’s a robust stand for the First Modification and towards arbitrary censorship. We’ll work with President Trump on a long-term resolution that retains TikTok in the USA.”
STATEMENT FROM TIKTOK:
In settlement with our service suppliers, TikTok is within the technique of restoring service. We thank President Trump for offering the mandatory readability and assurance to our service suppliers that they may face no penalties offering TikTok to over 170…
— TikTok Coverage (@TikTokPolicy) January 19, 2025
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The hassle to ban TikTok was began by Trump in 2020 pic.twitter.com/7npCMW08qJ
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) January 17, 2025
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The TikTok Jig Is Loading….
Whereas this will appear to be a win for everybody, some see the jig, precisely mentioning that Donald Trump known as for TikTok to be banned throughout the tail finish of his disastrous presidency.
Well-liked political commentator @2RawTooReal identified how Trump and the CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, are in “cahoots” as a result of Chew can be attending Trump’s now indoor inauguration ceremony. He additionally factors out in his video that Trump wrote the EO (govt order) calling for the platform to be banned, however just for President Biden to revoke it when he took workplace.
2RawTooReal additionally factors out that the regulation permits the president to grant TikTok a 90-day extension, permitting TikTok to discover a purchaser or, as he factors out, enable Trump to work with the Republican-controlled Senate and Home to cross a invoice saving the platform, making Trump appear to be a hero and a champion of entrepreneurs.
He additionally factors out that Chew shared a video of far-right political activist Charlie Kirk on his TikTok web page and that the app buried his and different movies of customers fact-checking misinformation about Vice President Kamala Harris.
The TikTok CEO and Donald Trump are in cahoots pic.twitter.com/IZT3HJrmni
— 2RawTooReal (@2RawTooReal) January 19, 2025
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Marvel Snap Is Nonetheless Down
Whereas TikTok is again up, Marvel Snap continues to be down. Now, why, you may ask? IGN stories that the sport was “developed by Second Dinner and was printed by ByteDance-owned writer Nuverse, which is what led to the ban.”
Effectively rattling.
Second Dinner’s Chief Growth Officer and Co-Founder, Ben Brode, revealed on BlueSky that the ban shocked his firm.
“Sadly, Marvel Snap is quickly unavailable in U.S. app shops and is unavailable to play within the U.S. This was a shock to Second Dinner and our writer Nuverse,” Brode wrote. “We’re actively engaged on getting the sport up as quickly as attainable and can replace you as soon as we’ve extra to share.”
He supplied these thirsty to log in and provides recommendation, suggesting they need to use a VPN.
“FWIW I’m listening to that VPN software program will will let you proceed taking part in Marvel Snap within the meantime, so long as you fake you’re from Canada or one thing,” he mentioned.
What a large number.
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