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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on January 19, 2025, 09:50:59 AM

Title: TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 19, 2025, 09:50:59 AM
Though likely to return after Trump's inauguration

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6p1g54q85o :(
Title: Re: TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
Post by: ad_orientem on January 19, 2025, 11:01:16 AM
"TikTok has argued that the law violates free speech protections for its 170 million users in the country."

Peak irony, seeing as one billion Chinese can only use a heavily sensored version.
Title: Re: TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 19, 2025, 12:03:12 PM
Quote from: ad_orientem on January 19, 2025, 11:01:16 AM
"TikTok has argued that the law violates free speech protections for its 170 million users in the country."

Peak irony, seeing as one billion Chinese can only use a heavily sensored version.
Though it m9ght be argued that an American talking about censorship in China would be showing not just the same peak irony but would also be going against the idea of free speech that is, in theory, upheld in the US.
Title: Re: TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
Post by: Aruntraveller on January 19, 2025, 01:08:12 PM
Indeed:

Title: Re: TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
Post by: jeremyp on January 20, 2025, 02:56:00 PM
It's back

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/19/tech/tiktok-ban/index.html
Title: Re: TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 20, 2025, 03:21:00 PM
Quote from: jeremyp on January 20, 2025, 02:56:00 PM
It's back

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/19/tech/tiktok-ban/index.html
good bit of publicity for Tok Tok and Trump.
Title: Re: TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
Post by: ad_orientem on January 20, 2025, 03:58:34 PM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on January 20, 2025, 03:21:00 PM
good bit of publicity for Tok Tok and Trump.

Indeed. All a show.