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TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law - CBS News

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TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law

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AFAICT, TikTok didn't have to do anything. Looks like the law is all about preventing distribution of the app. So... why'd they shut it down?
- To force chaos, and so they can show the “Trump fixed this” message
- It was a stunt. Incoming administration has been saying all week they were gonna "save" it. They pulled the plug temporarily as an FU to Biden and support for the incoming fascist that they know they can control better (with stunts just like this).
- It also prohibits " Providing internet hosting services to enable the distribution, maintenance, or updating of such foreign adversary controlled application for users within the land or maritime borders of the United States." I'd say "maintenance" includes the hosting of new content.
  
  Sounds like a question for the judicial branch.
- the US subsidiary of ByteDance controls access and the distribution of the app in the united states, they were being forced to divest to american ownership, TikTok pulled their app
  
  It seems like the law prohibited distribution, but not use, is what I'm saying. So people could keep using it if Bytedance kept it up, right?
  
  Did they? Or did Apple and Google pull the app because the law went into affect today and Trump isn't actually president yet. All they had at the beginning of the day was a one day promise from Biden to not enforce it.
Back to our regularly scheduled programming, folks.
- Doubt. I expect them to gradually shift the algorithm to push more and more MAGA until it's just as trashy as Twitter.
What was that 12h?
Is trump even president yet?
- No, but Biden says he wasn't going to enforce, so the incoming admin would have to do it.
  
  And I doubt Trump would want to piss off 170 million Americans on his first day.
  He'll want to spread it out over the four years.
And there are already so many conspiracy theories on there about why the shutdown even happened 🤮
First I joked about this. And while I don't use tiktok. The biggest problem of the government and the court being able to just ban tiktok is the ability to censor the internet. And thus ban access to parts of the internet what is worrisome to me.
- And saying it is because of privacy. Well it isn't. Otherwise they should create a privacy bill for all social media platforms including X, Instagram, Facebook and alike.
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Those who are against banning TikTok must be happy now? You've got President Trump on your side.

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