Technology

I know the technicality is that it will be voluntarily stopping service rather than just ending new downloads like the ban says.

But "app will shut down when banned" is almost comically anti-news.

Bye bye.

I see ZERO discussion about how this is obvious theatre. We are so incapable of standing up to basic manipulation tactics from the right.

trump first started using tiktok as another xenophobic boogeyman, in what was a fairly nuanced situation - trump's position being completely wrong, but ultimately some truth to the fact that companies run in China inherently have involvement of the Chinese government and thule should be reached, monitored and if abused, access should be removed.

This actual push was always meant to be something to hang on Biden admin either way (because again, some valid points to a potential ban) but in reality trump will now "save" this artificial shutdown to "restore tiktok" and millions of low information voters and non voters alike will think he did something. And in the meantime, whatever the fuck this lemon8 and red whatever apps are will likely be a huge privacy monitoring home as midst will leave things dormant in background as well after tiktok is "restored".

Again, we are just so I'll equipped for anything to do with technology.

“Utilities threatened to shut off my power so… I will turn off all the lights in protest!”

That’ll show ‘em.