• Re: TikTok Starts Going Dark in the U.S.

    From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to alt.politics.media,misc.news.internet.discuss,a on Sun Jan 19 10:35:05 2025
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    useapen wrote:

    Jan. 18, 2025
    rCLSorry, TikTok isnrCOt available right now,rCY the message read.

    Hours before a federal law banning TikTok from the United
    States was set to take effect on Sunday, the Chinese-owned
    social media app went dark, and U.S. users could no longer
    access videos on the platform. Instead, the app greeted them
    with a message that said rCLa law banning TikTok has been
    enacted.rCY

    rCLWe are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he
    will work with us on a solution,rCY the message said. rCLPlease
    stay tuned!rCY

    Of course... TikTok will be back in action after the
    inauguration and President Trump will declare it as a victory.

    Normal service will then resume.

    TikTok also appeared to have been removed from Apple and
    GooglerCOs U.S. app stores, some users said. In addition,
    TikTokrCOs sister app, Lemon8, stopped working and showed U.S.
    users a message saying that it rCLisnrCOt available right now.rCY
    Both TikTok and Lemon8 are owned by ByteDance, a Chinese
    internet giant.

    How all of the Gen Z'ers are going to manage with no TikTok for
    a day or so is another issue... how will the poor things cope?
    They might even have to talk to some real people for a while!!!
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    On Sun, 19 Jan 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    useapen wrote:

    Jan. 18, 2025
    rCLSorry, TikTok isnrCOt available right now,rCY the message read.

    Hours before a federal law banning TikTok from the United
    States was set to take effect on Sunday, the Chinese-owned
    social media app went dark, and U.S. users could no longer
    access videos on the platform. Instead, the app greeted them
    with a message that said rCLa law banning TikTok has been
    enacted.rCY

    rCLWe are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he
    will work with us on a solution,rCY the message said. rCLPlease
    stay tuned!rCY

    Of course... TikTok will be back in action after the
    inauguration and President Trump will declare it as a victory.

    Normal service will then resume.

    TikTok also appeared to have been removed from Apple and
    GooglerCOs U.S. app stores, some users said. In addition,
    TikTokrCOs sister app, Lemon8, stopped working and showed U.S.
    users a message saying that it rCLisnrCOt available right now.rCY
    Both TikTok and Lemon8 are owned by ByteDance, a Chinese
    internet giant.

    How all of the Gen Z'ers are going to manage with no TikTok for
    a day or so is another issue... how will the poor things cope?
    They might even have to talk to some real people for a while!!!


    I find it scary reading about people complaining about tiktok abstinence.
    Do they not realize themselves that it is not normal behaviour? --8323328-911451318-1737324579=:16025--
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to alt.politics.media,misc.news.internet.discuss,a on Mon Jan 20 13:58:22 2025
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    D wrote:



    On Sun, 19 Jan 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    useapen wrote:

    TikTok also appeared to have been removed from Apple and
    GooglerCOs U.S. app stores, some users said. In addition,
    TikTokrCOs sister app, Lemon8, stopped working and showed
    U.S. users a message saying that it rCLisnrCOt available
    right now.rCY Both TikTok and Lemon8 are owned by ByteDance,
    a Chinese internet giant.

    How all of the Gen Z'ers are going to manage with no TikTok
    for a day or so is another issue... how will the poor things
    cope? They might even have to talk to some real people for
    a while!!!

    I find it scary reading about people complaining about tiktok
    abstinence. Do they not realize themselves that it is not
    normal behaviour?

    It's normal for them, as they have no life beyond their
    smart-phones.

    The scary thing is... they are the future!
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  • From nospam@nospam@example.net to alt.politics.media,misc.news.internet.discuss,a on Mon Jan 20 21:59:13 2025
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    On Mon, 20 Jan 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    D wrote:



    On Sun, 19 Jan 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    useapen wrote:

    TikTok also appeared to have been removed from Apple and
    GooglerCOs U.S. app stores, some users said. In addition,
    TikTokrCOs sister app, Lemon8, stopped working and showed
    U.S. users a message saying that it rCLisnrCOt available
    right now.rCY Both TikTok and Lemon8 are owned by ByteDance,
    a Chinese internet giant.

    How all of the Gen Z'ers are going to manage with no TikTok
    for a day or so is another issue... how will the poor things
    cope? They might even have to talk to some real people for
    a while!!!

    I find it scary reading about people complaining about tiktok
    abstinence. Do they not realize themselves that it is not
    normal behaviour?

    It's normal for them, as they have no life beyond their
    smart-phones.

    The scary thing is... they are the future!


    ;) or ;( I don't know.
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