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Eugene

(64,198 posts) Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:57 AM Jan 16

US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance waves the 'white flag'

US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance waves the 'white flag' (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded U.S. TikTok on Wednesday upon hearing the news that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app for its 170 million U.S. users by Sunday, seemingly throwing in the towel on efforts to keep the popular video-sharing platform going.

Users who have amassed followings and careers on the app hoped for months that TikTok would find a way to avoid a U.S. ban passed into law in 2023. But resignation and anger have begun to set in, with Jan. 19 just a few days away.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-tiktok-users-scramble-despair-230701282.html

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US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance waves the 'white flag' (Original Post) Eugene Jan 16 OP

Isn't musk to purchase it?.... Lovie777 Jan 16 #1

Is it for sale? Renew Deal Jan 16 #2

What happens to their US workers? Renew Deal Jan 16 #3

Tic Toc DeepWinter Jan 16 #4

0ver 700,000 users of TicToc have downloaded a Chinese App - Red Note womanofthehills Jan 16 #5

Another CCP App DeepWinter Jan 16 #6

NBC is reporting that late last night the Biden Admin is exploring... OneGrassRoot Jan 16 #7

It passed both houses overwhelmingly and President Biden signed it MichMan Jan 16 #9

Right, which is why this sudden shift surprises me. n/t OneGrassRoot Jan 16 #10

The most ingenious spyware edhopper Jan 16 #8

To be fair, all that does is save them the expense of buying it EdmondDantes_ Jan 16 #11

Lovie777

(17,648 posts)

1. Isn't musk to purchase it?....

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:02 AM

Jan 16

anywho RW techs are losing users. Therefore the sane will have their own social media that is in reality and the insane will still be on insanevilles.

Renew Deal

(83,709 posts)

2. Is it for sale?

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:06 AM

Jan 16

Renew Deal

(83,709 posts)

3. What happens to their US workers?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:07 AM

Jan 16

DeepWinter

(931 posts)

4. Tic Toc

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:11 AM

Jan 16

said US workers would be directed elsewhere. If that happens, who knows. That's on Tic Tok.

womanofthehills

(9,605 posts)

5. 0ver 700,000 users of TicToc have downloaded a Chinese App - Red Note

Reply to DeepWinter (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:51 AM

Jan 16

American kids and Chinese kids having a great time connecting- and more and more kids from around the world joining.

-“ The great social media migration: Sudden influx of US users to RedNote connects Chinese and Americans like never before”

Hong Kong
CNN
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As Supreme Court justices ponder the future of TikTok in the United States, a growing number of American social media users have responded by moving to an unlikely alternative: Xiaohongshu, a hugely popular social media app in China.

The app, which means “Little Red Book,” often shortened by US users to RedNote, surged to the top position on Apple’s US App Store on Tuesday.

Founded in 2013, Xiaohongshu is one of China’s biggest social media platforms with 300 million users, according to research firm Qian Gua. Described as China’s answer to Instagram, the app has become especially popular for sharing tips on travel, makeup and fashion.“

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/tech/rednote-china-popularity-us-tiktok-ban-intl-hnk/index.html

DeepWinter

(931 posts)

6. Another CCP App

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:56 AM

Jan 16

Likely doomed to the same fate.

OneGrassRoot

(23,684 posts)

7. NBC is reporting that late last night the Biden Admin is exploring...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:57 AM

Jan 16

ways to keep it available. Which is interesting given the administration's previous stance. This is another weird development that makes me think something major has happened between the election and now causing President Biden and other dems like Jamie Raskin to be speaking up forcefully about what's coming, even though none of it is a surprise to us.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-keep-tiktok-available-us-rcna187902

President Joe Biden’s administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States if a ban that’s scheduled to go into effect Sunday proceeds, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

“Americans shouldn’t expect to see TikTok suddenly banned on Sunday,” an administration official said, adding that officials are “exploring options” for how to implement the law so TikTok does not go dark Sunday.

MichMan

(14,685 posts)

9. It passed both houses overwhelmingly and President Biden signed it

Reply to OneGrassRoot (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:12 AM

Jan 16

Jamie Raskin was one who voted for it to be banned.

OneGrassRoot

(23,684 posts)

10. Right, which is why this sudden shift surprises me. n/t

Reply to MichMan (Reply #9)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:16 AM

Jan 16

edhopper

(35,682 posts)

8. The most ingenious spyware

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:00 AM

Jan 16

every invented. Get people to load the malware on their phones and fight to keep all their data going to the Chinese Government.

EdmondDantes_

(369 posts)

11. To be fair, all that does is save them the expense of buying it

Reply to edhopper (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:21 AM

Jan 16

There are seemingly infinite data brokers out there.

The bigger loss is the algorithm manipulation, but that's probably more important for them internal to the Chinese market.

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