TikTok is urging users to call Congress about a looming ban to 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression

[konceptjones]

My daughter losing her shit because TikTok is down right now is hilarious. She looked at me crazy when I told her to go read a book. I hope it stays down for good this time.

 

[Tessai]

Kind of infuriating because I’m such a book nerd. Grew up reading instilled that with my kids as they’ve grown and none of them read. Like wtf.

 

[LurkerSix]

My daughter losing her shit because TikTok is down right now is hilarious. She looked at me crazy when I told her to go read a book. I hope it stays down for good this time.

Dont get your hopes up, saw this the other day.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiny-tiktok-creator-company-no-134434911.html

 

[Goldie]

 

[GNS]

Tell you in two weeks usually means Iran about to get bombed again smh

 

[Old Man Cain]

That new app about to be censored lol

 

[Infamous114]

 

[Infamous114]

 

[Blue_London]

Exactly what the world needs another radicalising social media network

 

[StringerBell]

 

[StringerBell]

 

[Goldie]

Fox Corp. In Talks To Join TikTok Investor Group

Fox is in talks to join an investor group poised to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations.

deadline.com

 

[scalywaters]

this shit should not be this important

 

[Blue_London]

this shit should not be this important

No this should be really important. In fact more people should be extremely vocal about this

 

[SeaSnake]

So we just signed up for dictatorship

 

[LurkerSix]

Trump says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch likely part of US TikTok deal

US president tells Fox News ‘a man named Lachlan is involved … that’s a very unusual name, Lachlan Murdoch’

www.theguardian.com

"Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch will probably be involved in the effort to buy TikTok in the US, Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday.

The president was asked about the status of the sale of the app during an interview with Peter Doocy on The Sunday Briefing on Fox News. Trump administration officials have signaled that a deal for the Chinese-owned social media platform was imminent, though there has been some confusion about the status of the agreement.

Trump said moguls Larry Ellison and Michael Dell were involved in the deal before adding: “I hate to tell you this – a man named Lachlan is involved. You know who Lachlan is? That’s a very unusual name, Lachlan Murdoch.

“Rupert is probably gonna be in the group, I think they’re gonna be in the group, a couple of others. Really great people. Very prominent people. And they’re also American patriots, they love this country, so I think they’re gonna do a really good job.”

Congress passed a law in 2024 banning TikTok, owned for now by the China-based company ByteDance, unless it was sold to a US company, citing national security and privacy concerns. The Trump administration has thwarted that law, extending the deadline for a transfer several times. The app has about 170 million users in the US, and Trump on Sunday credited it with helping him win a second presidency in 2024.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Saturday that six Americans will sit on the company’s seven-seat board – and that data and privacy would be controlled by Oracle, Ellison’s company. The US would also control the app’s data and algorithm in America, according to Leavitt.

“This deal does put America first,” Leavitt said on Saturday, invoking one of Trump’s preferred political slogans. “And let me just be very clear. This deal means that TikTok will be majority-owned by Americans in the United States.”

smh

 

[RandomOne]

CEO of Oracle just became the wealthiest man in the world with AI data collection

Owning one of the biggest social media platforms now lol

America really needs to have a serious talk about the legality of data collection

 

[Goldie]

 

[GNS]

Well thank goodness for that

 

[StringerBell]