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BumRushDaShow

(152,909 posts)
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 07:51 PM Jan 2025

TikTok says it plans to shut down site unless Supreme Court strikes down law forcing it to sell

Source: CBS News/AP

January 9, 2025 / 12:37 PM EST


TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the U.S. by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down or otherwise delays the effective date of a law aimed at forcing TikTok's sale by its Chinese parent company.

In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United States use for entertainment and information.

Working on a tight deadline, the justices also have before them a plea from President-elect Donald Trump, who has dropped his earlier support for a ban, to give him and his new administration time to reach a "political resolution" and avoid deciding the case. It's unclear if the court will take the Republican president-elect's views — a highly unusual attempt to influence a case — into account.

TikTok and China-based ByteDance, as well as content creators and users, argue the law is a dramatic violation of the Constitution's free speech guarantee. "Rarely if ever has the court confronted a free-speech case that matters to so many people," lawyers for the users and content creators wrote. Content creators are anxiously awaiting a decision that could upend their livelihoods and are eyeing other platforms.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-trial-ban-appeal-bytedance/

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TikTok says it plans to shut down site unless Supreme Court strikes down law forcing it to sell (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 OP
Shut it down! (n/t) PJMcK Jan 2025 #1
Tik Tok was a major factor in Biden's election Cetacea Jan 2025 #6
Please proceed. In fact, why wait? Auggie Jan 2025 #2
I feel that if this is approved then political discussion sites may not be far from meeting the same fate. LiberalArkie Jan 2025 #3
It's a Chinese app, kinda like those Chinese phones. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #5
Damn. Astraea Jan 2025 #4
I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 #7
LOL, right. maxsolomon Jan 2025 #8
My First Reaction, Too ProfessorGAC Jan 2025 #10
nah, they just know if they delay things that Trump will go their way thebigidea Jan 2025 #9

Cetacea

(7,399 posts)
6. Tik Tok was a major factor in Biden's election
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:41 AM
Jan 2025

Sadly, times have changed and the right has infiltrated it.

Dems need to buy media platforms

LiberalArkie

(18,265 posts)
3. I feel that if this is approved then political discussion sites may not be far from meeting the same fate.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 08:45 PM
Jan 2025

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
5. It's a Chinese app, kinda like those Chinese phones.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:50 AM
Jan 2025

There is no political "discussion" on TikTok. It's just a bunch of monetized short videos. It's easy to earn money on TikTok and that's why so much fake news proliferates. It's quick money for teens who love to spread "fake crime sleuthing", "fake psychic" news. One 13 year old was earning money from her dancing videos. She was then stalked and the guy showed up at their house. Apparently the dad killed the guy or something. Afterward, they allowed her to continue earning money on TikTok. (I wonder if she's the family breadwinner) YouTube is much better.

Teenage TikTok Influencer Confronted by Armed Stalker at Family’s Florida Home
If you’re a parent to a teenager, you’ve probably heard your fair share about the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram. These social media platforms are particularly popular among teens, who use them to share photos and videos with friends or the public.

Connecting with school friends through video clips or heavily filtered photos seems innocent enough to most parents. For teens who have been quarantined or attending school remotely amidst the pandemic, it might even be the only social outlet they have.

Because of this, many parents have granted more access to these platforms than they would have otherwise. Unfortunately, however, teens on these platforms often share content publicly, so details of their lives are made available to everyone on the internet.

In July of 2021, one family came face-to-face with the consequences of their child’s social media popularity.
https://socialmediavictims.org/blog/tiktok-influencer-armed-stalker/



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A Child’s TikTok Stardom Opens Doors. Then a Gunman Arrives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/us/politics/tiktok-ava-majury.html

Inside Tiktok's real-life frenzies - from riots to false murder accusations


TikTok is driving online frenzies that encourage anti-social behaviour in the real world, a BBC Three investigation reveals.

Ex-employees say the issue is not being tackled for fear of slowing the growth of the social media app's business.

These frenzies - where TikTok drives disproportionate amounts of engagement to some topics - are evidenced by interviews with former staffers, app users and BBC analysis of wider social media data. They have then led to disruption and disorder in everyday life.

The BBC's investigation found that TikTok's algorithm and design means people are seeing videos which they wouldn't normally be recommended - which, in turn, incentivise them to do unusual things in their own videos on the platform.

However, the BBC has identified four episodes in recent months where disproportionate engagement on TikTok was connected to harmful behaviour:

An online obsession with a murder case in Idaho, USA, that led to innocent people being falsely accused
Interference in the police investigation of Nicola Bulley, who went missing in Lancashire, UK
School protests involving vandalism spreading across the UK
Fanning flames of riots in France, which spread at an unusual intensity and to unexpected locations



https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66719572

Hatescape: An In-Depth Analysis of Extremism and Hate Speech on TikTok
https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HateScape_v5.pdf

Astraea

(529 posts)
4. Damn.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:36 AM
Jan 2025

The saddest part of that was reading that HALF the population uses that shitty app for "entertainment and information".

Our culture has sunk so low.

Oopsie Daisy

(5,812 posts)
7. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 08:42 AM
Jan 2025

If it's banned, there will be something similar that will emerge or rise to the top to fill the void (or maybe the Chinese will give up ownership). It's a shame that newspapers are not an option for those who prefer TickTock. I weep for the future. This is why I roll my eyes whenever anyone insists that it's time for THIS generation to take the political wheel and that all the old-folks should be voted out. I'm not sure they're ready if things like TickTock, Meta, etc are their primary sources of knowledge and understanding of what's going on in the world.

ProfessorGAC

(72,754 posts)
10. My First Reaction, Too
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 02:02 PM
Jan 2025

Empty threat. It's a cash machine. They're not voluntarily turning it off.

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