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    ‘No plans’ for UK TikTok ban

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    2. SinisterPixel on

      I don’t think it really matters either way. US creators make up the large majority of popular English speaking creators. Without them, TikTok just kinda dies. At least in English speaking countries. Their communities will follow them to YouTube or Instagram. Whatever they land on.

    3. Rare-Car7971 on

      It’s a shame really. tiktok is a curse on society and it’s unfortunate that we won’t ban it. It breeds idiots.

    4. IndependentOpinion44 on

      Right now there are pro Reform videos on TikTok talking about how Kier Starmer is a pedophile and has secret sex parties where he abuses young children. And they’ve got tons of views.

      Ban it all the way to the depths of hell.

      And fuck China too.

    7. psrandom on

      How bad could the propaganda be on TikTok? Facebook literally caused a genocide in Myanmar and we didn’t ban that

    8. CharlieChockman on

      What surprises me the most about Tiktok is the amount of adults who actually use it, i’m talking 40+. Seen countless people just sat there scrolling. I mean i’m no better with reddit but at least sometimes I seek out interesting topics

    10. druidscooobs on

      If they ban it can we chuck Facebook, Snapchat, meta, twitter, and many more I can’t be bothered to use, out as well, why pick one, they all spy, use misinformation, push their own agenders and sell you sdds and try to get you to spend your cash. They should be better regulated.

    11. Thestickleman on

      It probably won’t happen in the US anyway. Biden isn’t putting it in place and it’s very unlikely Trump will.

      Everyone will move to another Chinese app anyway so what’s even the point

    12. SweatyMammal on

      Very clear no-one in these comments has ever actually used TikTok.

      Hell, most of the content on Reddit is reposted from that platform.

    13. HarryBoSweets on

      For a government so set on banning TikTok they just won’t do it and it’s hilarious to observe from the uk

    17. inspired_corn on

      It is funny seeing people insist that it’s being banned for security reasons, China already has access to the West’s data. You’d have to be incredibly naive to think they dont.

      It’s really about control. Unlike other sources of news the US government can’t control what people see, which is why people like Rep. Mark Gallagher have complained that youth today get too much “raw news” from TikTok.

      This is especially true when it comes to Israel. A leaked audio of Jonathan Greenblatt (of the Anti Defamation League) admits to this:

      > But I also, wanna point out that we have a major major major generational problem, all the polling that I’ve seen, ADL’s polling, ICC’s polling, independent polling suggests this is not a left or right gap folks, the issue in United States’ support for Israel is not left and right, it is young and old, and the numbers of young people who think that Hamas’s massacre was justified is shockingly and terrifyingly high, **and so we really have a Tik-Tok problem**, a Gen-Z problem that our community needs to put the same brains that gave us all these other amazing innovations need to put our energy toward this like fast, cause again like we’ve been chasing this left right divide, it’s the wrong game, the real game is the next generation and the Hamas and their accomplices the useful idiots in the West are falling in line in ways that are terrifying

      He said this in the Israeli Knesset last week, further reinforcing his goals:

      > Pushing extremists off Wikipedia might not seem equal to the challenge of pushing Hezbollah north of the Litani River, capturing TikTok might seem less meaningful than holding on to Mount Hermon, libelous tweets certainly might seem less deadly than missiles from Yemen but this is urgent because the next war will be decided based on how Israel and its allies perform online as much as offline

      America (and its Western vassal states) are fast losing control of their own populations. Trust in “democracy” is at an all time low, and more and more people are getting news from alternative sources. Controlling that is key to bringing their people back in line.

    20. GiftedGeordie on

      As someone who doesn’t use TikTok and has no intention to, I think that, as long as you’re not looking at illegal shit online then the government shouldn’t start banning websites.

      Because if they start banning TikTok, that’s just the start of a slippery slope and soon we’re having any site that the government doesn’t like or is critical of the government banned.

    21. Dull-Geologist-8204 on

      Not really sure why people are upset about this.

      It won’t matter at all. Nothing is going to change because an idiot got rid of TikTok.

    22. bordin89 on

      Id be ok with just banning it on public transport, alongside media played through speakers. Rebellious, I know.

    23. OccupyGanymede on

      Tik tok rewards bad behaviour. But it does provide an income stream for those with Tik Tok shops selling through livestream.

    24. Crusty_Bap on

      Why the fuck would there be. We don’t have to follow the US into every one of their dramas. Iraq was enough.

    26. Caveman1214 on

      Massive shame, I deleted it over a year ago and never better. My family is never off it despite me suggesting they do.
      I did download it recently out of curiosity and was immediately flooded with anti west, anti UK, anti police videos etc it was actually overwhelming. It’s creating genuine harm to the social contract in the UK and heavily normalising poor behaviour and poor attention spans

    27. manuka_miyuki on

      i mean a tiktok ban is only just going to make people use a VPN (which these days people should be doing anyway) or just switch to an alternative app that does nearly the same thing (examples are youtube shorts, or that chinese rednote app that’s been absolutely exploding in the last week)

    29. Glittering_Team_7939 on

      Nobody is making anyone join Tik Tok – if you don’t trust the platform don’t join. Same for X.
      I am not on either and I may leave Zuch’s empire too..