[Technology] TikTok and WeChat restrictions in the US

[Bozza]

Trump staying true to his word...

The Commerce Department plans to restrict access to TikTok and WeChat on Sunday as the Trump administration's executive orders against the two apps are set to take effect.

The Department said Friday that as of Sunday, any moves to distribute or maintain WeChat or TikTok on an app store will be prohibited.

In addition, the Department said, it will be illegal to host or transfer internet traffic associated with WeChat beginning Sunday. The same will be true for TikTok as of Nov. 12, it said.​

...although TikTok have been scrambling to appease the US government with deals possibly involving Oracle and Walmart and, possibly, an IPO in the US rather than China or Hong Kong.

 

[Insel affe]

Don't use either, so not bothered.
Social media, is one big headfeck....

 

[Guinness Boy]

Is it wrong to wonder if there's a part of Trump's ego that's disappointed he isn't Tik Tok Famous?

 

[Pierre the Painter]

Does anyone here have a Tick Tock account?

 

[Swansman]

I guess this will turn people more pro-China since the human brain is a ****ing mess.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Does anyone here have a Tick Tock account?

The tea people? Can't say as I do.

 

[Wellesley]

Does anyone here have a Tick Tock account?

I haven't got time.

 

[Juan Albion]

Trump has always operated on the basis of a bogeyman. Always has and always will. To begin with it was the Muslims, then immigrants, now it is China. He likes to scare his base into thinking he's defending them from the big bad bogeyman. It appeals to their inherent racism.

 

[Washie]

This is retaliation for the teens making him look silly. They organised on tik tok to get thousands of tickets to his rally, then no show, making him gloat in the media that he had sold out a stadium rally, but it was nearly empty when it happened.

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[The Clamp]

King Jong Trump

 

[middletoenail]

Meh, not a big deal. You just use a VPN in the same way that you do to navigate Google services and Facebook when in China.

 

[Poojah]

Don't use either, so not bothered.
Social media, is one big headfeck....

I've spent my entire working life working in digital marketing, and my complete non-adoption of social media has often afforded me my fair share of ridicule from collegues. It wasn't really intentional, however the emergence of Facebook, Twitter et al happened at a time when I wanted to keep a bit of a low profile in my life in order to avoid one or two shady characters.

Still, I've seen my wife's addiction to it first hand and I'm so glad I never got hooked on it to be honest. It's just a shame I didn't take the same approach to smoking crack...

 

[The Clamp]

Don’t use tik tok and only vaguely heard of WeChat so not going to affect my life but I don’t like it on principal.

 

[GT49er]

This is retaliation for the teens making him look silly. They organised on tik tok to get thousands of tickets to his rally, then no show, making him gloat in the media that he had sold out a stadium rally, but it was nearly empty when it happened.

Good one! Well done those teens.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

This is retaliation for the teens making him look silly. They organised on tik tok to get thousands of tickets to his rally, then no show, making him gloat in the media that he had sold out a stadium rally, but it was nearly empty when it happened.

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As a bonus, Nigel Farage had been invited to speak at the overflow meeting, which was an empty car park.

 

[SimpKingpin]

I've used both.

Losing WeChat is mildly irritating.

Tik Tok I don't care. Just checked it out for a bit when I heard it was originally going to be banned.
Interestingly I actually found a fair amount of Trump supporters on the platform...probably because the algorithm hadn't kicked in.

There's a huge amount of rabbit holes and conspiracy theories on tik tok regarding new world order, Qanon, reptilian overlords, you name it (plus a lot of fake news).
My friend is wrapped up in all that stuff. The ban can't come fast enough for me. Bit worried about her.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Don’t use tik tok and only vaguely heard of WeChat so not going to affect my life but I don’t like it on principal.

Same here. I must admit I thought WeChat was an incontinence forum.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Trump could learn a lot if he spent 16 minutes or even 16 years on here.

Surely NSC is on his radar