Where the TikTok refugees are going

[jon-nyc]

Shame on Reuters. Very sloppy to call it a ban.

The fact that the CCP would rather turn it off than let ByteDance sell it is proof this is first and foremost a PsyOp and only incidentally a business.

[Axtremus]

"Chinese social media app RedNote"?
What is the point of going from one CCP-tethered app to another CCP-tethered app?

[wtg]

I don't think the users of TikTok care who owns, or is associated with, the app.

Guess the question is, what does Congress do with RedNote, if anything?

[Steve Miller]

@jon-nyc

The first time I’ve heard that take.

Thanks!

[jon-nyc]

By the way, let’s not fall for the ‘RedNote’ English language branding.

The name of the app is Little Red Book. As in Mao’s.

[Daniel]

Wow. Is my Motorola phone spying for China?

I don't use the app but watch the videos on YouTube. It's the the only short film aka shorts platform of which I'm aware.

I guess I'll have to live without it.

Blah.

[wtg]

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app’s owners that claimed the ban violated the First Amendment.

The court handed down an unsigned opinion and there were no noted dissents.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court/index.html

"Our position on this has been clear: TikTok should continue to operate under American ownership. Given the timing of when it goes into effect over a holiday weekend a day before inauguration, it will be up to the next administration to implement," a White House official told ABC News in a statement.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-administration-leave-trump-implement-tiktok-ban/story?id=117753133.

[wtg]

@jon-nyc said in Where the TikTok refugees are going:

Shame on Reuters. Very sloppy to call it a ban.

Doesn't make it right but they're all doing it.

[Bernard]

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app’s owners that claimed the ban violated the First Amendment.

Good. I'm surprised at the number of people who take national security so nonchalantly.

[Cindysphinx]

I love TikTok. And I don’t value national security. This country elected trump twice, so this country doesn’t value national security either.