Didn't expect that Chinese TikTok was more democratic than American TikTok. This was unexpected plot twist.
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Who the hell is still on Tiktok? Those poor bastards had a year to jump ship.
This and zionism were the whole point of the attack on TikTok that the libs fully supported.
Now the libs want to attack "social media" in general.
Social media is a cancer
This country sucks. Get me out of this shithole country, I wish i was smart enough to learn mandarin
THAT'S CENSORSHIP
No no it's freedom.
Once Trump gets involved in something you know that eventually we're going to find out it's even more nefarious bullshit. We must clean and disinfect the huge stain left after he enters the clearing at the end of his path.
Israel fanatic Larry Ellison took control of TikTok to ensure no one can say anything bad about the genocidal colony or it's neocon agents in the American regime
Most of them don't know how to spell it anyway.
Enshittification alternative phase 3: let the government goons run your platform.
Something about America being the home of free speech… lol
Why should everybody get speech for free when the Ellisons have to pay so much for it? \s
They practice something called 'Freedom From Speech', as in they're freed up by not having to say anything.
Epstein files
Trump is a pedophile
Trump and Epstein were best friends after Epstein opened the island
Trump was convicted of raping someone in civil court
The media actively whitewashes all of this. What other convicted felon (rapist) would get a pass like this?
It's absolutely "hilarious" when NPR calls him "President Trump" and not "convicted felon Trump" or "rapist Trump". NPR is supposedly some liberal bastion of honesty, etc. But they're absolute bootlicking enablers.
Liberalism <---> Fascism.
Wish they'd move to the Fediverse instead of people uninstalling TikTok to install some other app that could potentially change its algorithm or funding at any time.
Worth noting is that among the investors loyal to Trump is Larry Ellison, renowned massive turd of a human being. Just totally coincidentally, his festering dingleberry of a son David Ellison is the person that installed the pro-genocide propagandist Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief at CBS.
Unrelated: Do you ever wonder how tender billionaire flesh is?
Meanwhile, we in Europe have American Billionaires constantly attacking any government or legal body that enforces their own national laws, by threatening to sue and throwing childish insults for suppressing free speech.
Many of us haven't ever had legal freedom of speech in our constitutions, but the reality is we have a lot more than Americans right now.
Reverse colonizers.
Thus driving the proliferation of alternative platforms, encryption, etc. They can’t put the toothpaste back in the bottle.
…”bottle”? Is it “bottle”? I’ve never bought toothpaste in a bottle, it always comes in a squeezie pouch nozzle thing…
Tube.
Thus driving the proliferation of alternative platforms, encryption, etc.
I really don't think the average tiktoker knows most of these words
Better get used to it. The oligarchs are swallowing up all the media companies in the US.
^ Is this a message from 1776?
Freedum!!
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What a joke. I hope tik tok crashes and burns.
They did all of that, because Israel. Because tik tok declined to rig moderation in favor of Israel. They care more about that country than our own. Now what were we talking about, epstein, ahem. Completely unrelated I'm sure, except for all of the child fucking blackmail Israel holds, that might have something to do with it now that you mention it.
I hope tik tok crashes and burns. They did all of that, because Israel.
I hope the zionists regime crashes and burns. TikTok is just another victim. It's easy and socially acceptable to attack your fellow victims, but there's nothing to be gained by it.
Tik tok is the enemy now.