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RJ-MacReady

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6. unless it's sold

Reply to Celerity (Reply #5)

Thu May 15, 2025, 09:03 AM

May 2025

Its going to be banned. And Gen Z is the biggest demographic on tiktok. And a large portion of them are terminally online. I am Gen X btw 44 years old.

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the sooner TikTok is banned the better [View all] RJ-MacReady May 2025 OP

Yeah, the First Amendment is overrated. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2025 #1

it's CCP spyware RJ-MacReady May 2025 #2

Then you are left with Instagram and X newdeal2 May 2025 #3

yes unfortunately RJ-MacReady May 2025 #4

We can always bring back MySpace Polybius May 2025 #22

2-way street. Celerity May 2025 #5

unless it's sold RJ-MacReady May 2025 #6

And how long do you think it would take for another version of Tik Tok to appear? MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #7

I disagree RJ-MacReady May 2025 #8

Well, alrighty then. nt MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #9

Gen Z's no longer the biggest demo on TikTok (as of 2024) It was in 2022, but the younger Millenials have passed them up Celerity May 2025 #11

They will have to deal with it too RJ-MacReady May 2025 #12

No way will it be banned - TikTok contributed $24.2 billion to the US GDP in 2023. womanofthehills May 2025 #23

I just want someone to stop me from watching nursing shorts Sympthsical May 2025 #15

Agree Ponietz May 2025 #10

Highly unlikely that ever happens. BannonsLiver May 2025 #13

No reasoning whatsoever .... just ban it because .... live love laugh May 2025 #14

I very much doubt the "ban it" folks vanlassie May 2025 #16

I disagree. Jack Valentino May 2025 #17

Accessing TikTok via a VPN would occasionally be mildly inconvenient JoseBalow May 2025 #18

the sooner Facebook is banned the better Self Esteem May 2025 #19

Good lord Melon May 2025 #24

the sooner MAGAts are banned the better MorbidButterflyTat May 2025 #20

The fact China bans it JI7 May 2025 #21