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The average time spent (wasted?) on TikTok is reportedly 91 minutes per day, compared with 60 minutes daily for Facebook and 32 mins daily for Instagram. | The average time spent (wasted?) on TikTok is reportedly 91 minutes per day, compared with 60 minutes daily for Facebook and 32 mins daily for Instagram. | ||
| − | TikTok claims more 100 million [[American]] users, and was ordered on August 6, 2020, by President [[Donald Trump]] to transfer its ownership to an American company within 45 days or else be sanctioned. TikTok became popular because it facilitates the creation and distribution of short videos on cell phones. | + | TikTok claims more than 100 million [[American]] users, and was ordered on August 6, 2020, by President [[Donald Trump]] to transfer its ownership to an American company within 45 days or else be sanctioned. TikTok became popular because it facilitates the creation and distribution of short videos on cell phones. |
TikTok sued in federal court in [[San Francisco]] to block Trump's [[Executive Order]] against it.<ref>file:///C:/Users/Andy/Documents/EFELDF/TikTok%20sues%20Trump.pdf</ref> | TikTok sued in federal court in [[San Francisco]] to block Trump's [[Executive Order]] against it.<ref>file:///C:/Users/Andy/Documents/EFELDF/TikTok%20sues%20Trump.pdf</ref> | ||
On September 14, 2020, TikTok announced a deal with [[Oracle]] to try to remain in the [[United States]].<ref>https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-users-rejoice-over-oracle-deal-but-saga-with-trump-isnt-over/</ref> | On September 14, 2020, TikTok announced a deal with [[Oracle]] to try to remain in the [[United States]].<ref>https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-users-rejoice-over-oracle-deal-but-saga-with-trump-isnt-over/</ref> | ||
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| + | TikTok was largely unknown to the American public until [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] name-dropped the platform while bragging online about TikTok being used to largely cut into attendance at a Donald Trump rally in [[Tulsa]] during the [[2020 presidential election]] campaign via fake ticket registrations by teenage anti-Trump TikTok users (some of which she also identified as fans of Korean pop music, or "K-Pop"), done with the intent of preventing legitimate attendance by Trump supporters (who were also slandered by Ocasio-Cortez as "white supremacists").<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-gloats-that-trumps-tulsa-turnout-was-sabotaged-by-teens-on-tiktok AOC gloats that Trump’s Tulsa turnout was sabotaged by ‘teens on TikTok’] at Fox News</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 02:36, February 24, 2022
TikTok is a China-owned video messaging app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the United States, dethroning Google in 2021. TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.[1]
Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021:[2]
- TikTok.com
- Google.com
- Facebook.com
- Microsoft.com
- Apple.com
- Amazon.com
- Netflix.com
- YouTube.com
- Twitter.com
- WhatsApp.com
The average time spent (wasted?) on TikTok is reportedly 91 minutes per day, compared with 60 minutes daily for Facebook and 32 mins daily for Instagram.
TikTok claims more than 100 million American users, and was ordered on August 6, 2020, by President Donald Trump to transfer its ownership to an American company within 45 days or else be sanctioned. TikTok became popular because it facilitates the creation and distribution of short videos on cell phones.
TikTok sued in federal court in San Francisco to block Trump's Executive Order against it.[3]
On September 14, 2020, TikTok announced a deal with Oracle to try to remain in the United States.[4]
TikTok was largely unknown to the American public until Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez name-dropped the platform while bragging online about TikTok being used to largely cut into attendance at a Donald Trump rally in Tulsa during the 2020 presidential election campaign via fake ticket registrations by teenage anti-Trump TikTok users (some of which she also identified as fans of Korean pop music, or "K-Pop"), done with the intent of preventing legitimate attendance by Trump supporters (who were also slandered by Ocasio-Cortez as "white supremacists").[5]
References
- ↑ https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/
- ↑ https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/
- ↑ file:///C:/Users/Andy/Documents/EFELDF/TikTok%20sues%20Trump.pdf
- ↑ https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-users-rejoice-over-oracle-deal-but-saga-with-trump-isnt-over/
- ↑ AOC gloats that Trump’s Tulsa turnout was sabotaged by ‘teens on TikTok’ at Fox News