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| | ''See also [[Conservative defense of TikTok]]''. | | ''See also [[Conservative defense of TikTok]]''. |
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| − | '''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned short-form video app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021. '''''TikTok is a competitor of [[liberal]] [[Facebook]], and in spring 2024 [[Congress]] passed a law to ban TikTok unless its ownership is transferred from [[China]]'''''. | + | '''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned short-form video app (software for mobile devices) which ranks #4 in social platform usage in the [[United States]] in 2024. '''''TikTok is a competitor of [[liberal]] [[Facebook]], and in spring 2024 [[Congress]] passed a law to ban TikTok on Jan. 19, 2025 (the day before [[Inauguration]]) unless its ownership is transferred from [[China]]'''''. The [[D.C. Circuit]] upheld this law on Dec. 6, 2024, but then the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] agreed to reconsider this issue on an expedited basis such that a final decision would be rendered prior to the deadline of Jan. 19. Meanwhile, '''''evidence shows that TikTok usage helped [[Trump]] win reelection''''' by persuading young voters. |
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| | + | Attempting to remain online in the [[U.S.]] after Jan. 19, 2025, TikTok warned in a court filing in the [[D.C. Circuit]] on December 9, 2024, that 170 million American users would be affected, and: |
| | + | {{cquote|U.S. small businesses and social media creators would lose $1.3 billion in revenue and earnings in just one month if the popular app is effectively shut down in the United States on Jan. 19, under provisions of a law targeting national security concerns about its China-based parent company.<ref>https://www.aol.com/tiktok-says-ban-cost-u-165826855.html</ref>}} |
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| | As an unfiltered [[grassroots]] platform, overall TikTok appears to be [[conservative populist]] in ideology. [[Political correctness]] has been unable to take control of the platform, and accounts such as the "Libs of TikTok" have been able to influence many by exposing shocking examples of the [[homosexual agenda]]. the [[transgender agenda]], and [[illegal immigration]]. | | As an unfiltered [[grassroots]] platform, overall TikTok appears to be [[conservative populist]] in ideology. [[Political correctness]] has been unable to take control of the platform, and accounts such as the "Libs of TikTok" have been able to influence many by exposing shocking examples of the [[homosexual agenda]]. the [[transgender agenda]], and [[illegal immigration]]. |
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| | TikTok video length continues to lengthen with new releases, and as of January 2023 allows up to 10 minutes.<ref>https://www.tribegroup.co/blog/how-to-make-longer-tiktoks</ref> | | TikTok video length continues to lengthen with new releases, and as of January 2023 allows up to 10 minutes.<ref>https://www.tribegroup.co/blog/how-to-make-longer-tiktoks</ref> |
| | == Bans on TikTok == | | == Bans on TikTok == |
| | + | Donald Trump’s administration planned on banning TikTok as a national security threat long before Biden’s 2021 inauguration, but Biden originally over turned his order. <ref> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57413227/</ref> The Biden administration later reversed course and introduced it’s own ban proposal, more or less putting the Democrats’ foot in their mouths. |
| | + | After mostly [[Republican]] states banned the use of TikTok on government-issued devices in 2022, the [[University of Texas]] blocked access to TikTok through its networks on its [[Austin]] campus on Jan. 16, 2023.<ref>https://www.kxan.com/news/ut-austin-bans-tiktok-access-on-campus-networks/</ref> |
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| − | After mostly [[Republican]] states banned the use of TikTok on government-issued devices in 2022, the [[University of Texas]] blocked access to TikTok through its networks on its [[Austin]] campus on Jan. 16, 2023.<ref>https://www.kxan.com/news/ut-austin-bans-tiktok-access-on-campus-networks/</ref>
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| | == References == | | == References == |
| | {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |