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| − | '''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.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> | + | ''See also [[Conservative defense of TikTok]]''. |
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| | + | '''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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| − | Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021:<ref>https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/</ref>
| + | 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]]. |
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| | + | Nearly half of [[American]]s - 150 million people - are active users on TikTok, according to a statement by its CEO Shou Chew on March 21, 2023.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/tech/tiktok-150-million-us-users/index.html</ref> [[Liberal]]s dislike how TikTok users post videos and comments objecting to [[public school]] [[illiteracy]] or regretting [[abortion]]. |
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| | + | [[Biden]], in a tight race for reelection, proposed in March 2023 to try to ban TikTok,<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2023/03/biden-tiktok-sale-china.html</ref> which hinders [[Democrat]] efforts to exploit and mislead young voters. Dems depend heavily on young voters to win presidential elections. But later Biden's campaign established its own account on TikTok to promote his reelection. |
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| | + | [[Social media]] [[monopoly|monopolists]] are perhaps the most opposed to TikTok, and have the most to lose from its competition. TikTok has pulled enormous traffic away from the [[Leftist]] [[Silicon Valley]] [[monopoly|mnopolies]].<ref>Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021: |
| | #TikTok.com | | #TikTok.com |
| | #Google.com | | #Google.com |
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| | #WhatsApp.com | | #WhatsApp.com |
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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.
| + | https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/</ref> |
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| − | 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.
| + | The average [[time]] spent (wasted?) on TikTok is reportedly 91 minutes per day, compared with 60 minutes daily for Facebook and 32 minutes daily for Instagram. TikTok became popular because it facilitates the creation and distribution of short videos on cell phones, without [[liberal censorship]]. More females use TikTok than males. |
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| − | 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 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.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> ByteDance is the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and ByteDance runs a likewise popular version in China known as Douyin. |
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| | + | TikTok sued in federal court in [[San Francisco]] to block Trump's [[Executive Order]] against it in late 2020. |
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| | 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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| | In October 2022 [[Russia]] fined TikTok for pushing [[LGBT]] content.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/russia-fines-tiktok-for-pushing-lgbt-content/</ref> | | In October 2022 [[Russia]] fined TikTok for pushing [[LGBT]] content.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/russia-fines-tiktok-for-pushing-lgbt-content/</ref> |
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| | + | == Conservative content on TikTok == |
| | + | Some of the videos on TikTok are pro-parent and also pro-family. Almost none of the videos promote the kind of [[liberal]] [[elitism]] preferred by political [[Leftists]]. The popular videos concerning relationships are virtually all [[heterosexual]] in their message. |
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| | + | Some of the most popular videos on TikTok are by or about mothers, without the [[political correctness]] presented by the [[liberal media]]. |
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| | + | It's the Wild West on TikTok, and thus no political impact can be intended (unlike [[Facebook]] and the pre-[[X]] [[Twitter]]). But a checklist of issues indicates an overall [[conservative]] impact by TikTok on its predominantly youthful voter demographic: |
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| | + | :pro-Establishment (no), pro-liberal-social-agenda (no), anti-homemaker (no), pro-authority (no), pro-parent (yes), pro-kids (yes), pro-drugs (no), pro-video-games (no), pro-young-voters-thinking-for-themselves (yes). |
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| | + | == Marketing on TikTok == |
| | + | "TikTok is the number-one app for driving consumer spending, surpassing Tinder for the top spot."<ref name="Hootsuite">https://blog.hootsuite.com/tiktok-stats/</ref> |
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| | + | TikTok is rapidly becoming a top site for marketing: |
| | + | {{cquote|TikTok can’t be overlooked in marketing. The short-form video platform now hosts 750 million monthly users worldwide, making it the third-largest social media network, according to ''Insider Intelligence''. |
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| | + | About 34 percent of travelers were influenced by TikTok in 2022, a 10 percentage point increase from 2021, ....<ref>https://skift.com/2023/01/10/tiktok-chips-away-at-googles-dominance-in-travel-discovery/</ref>}} |
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| | + | TikTok, unfortunately, allows some inappropriate ads. |
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| | + | == Greater Influence than other Social Media == |
| | + | "In terms of time spent, TikTok is tied for second place with Facebook. YouTube is still in the top position, holding users’ interest for an average of 23.7 hours each month."<ref name="Hootsuite"/> |
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| | + | {{cquote|TikTok has considerably more engagement than either of the other two networks [Instagram and YouTube] at all follower levels. For example, Upfluence found micro-influencers had engagement rates of 17.96% on TikTok, 3.86% on Instagram, and 1.63% on YouTube. At the other extreme, mega-influencers had engagement rates of 4.96% on TikTok, 1.21% on Instagram, and 0.37% on YouTube.<ref>https://influencermarketinghub.com/tiktok-stats/</ref>}} |
| | + | == Video length == |
| | + | 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 == |
| | + | 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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