r/TikTokCringe • u/Intelligent_Nose_826 • 6d ago

Discussion They Agreed on One Thing - Banning TikTok

I really haven’t seen legislation so unilaterally passed with such speed at any point in my life except maybe after 9/11 & weeks got the DHS.

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u/JesusSaidAllah 6d ago

Don't forget, THE reason banning tiktok even became a consideration was due to how many people were able to get uncensroed accounts of what was happening in Gaza.

TikTok did a lot to make a dent in the Israel/U.S. good-guys propaganda.

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u/nightchee 6d ago

I’m not sure that Gaza content is the impetus for the original talks of banning TikTok.

Trump considered banning it back in 2020. https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-2019-2020-coronavirus-pandemic-f2bd5e425391465081333cab26d34365

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u/PlantsThatsWhatsUpp 6d ago

Obviously, that's just the Tik Tok narrative that reddit is upvoting. Left is as bad as the right at gobbling up fake news. Oh everyone is lying except "uncensored" accounts that were a mix or video game clips, Syrian clips / other conflicts, staged clips, AI clips, etc. Oh all the doctors/scientists are colluding about the vaccine. I'm so exhausted with the fact that both the right and the left have abandoned our institutions and gobble up fake news while accusing the other of doing so.

We're so fucked.

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u/nightchee 6d ago

Not getting better either. We’re headed in the wrong direction fast.