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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 on Jan. 19, 2025 (the day before [[Inauguration]]) unless its ownership is transferred from [[China]]'''''. The [[D.C. Circuit]] upheld this law in early December 2024. | + | '''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 available after Jan. 19, 2025, TikTok warned in a court filing on December 9, 2024, that: | + | 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|TikTok in a court filing Monday warned that 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>}} | + | {{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]]. |