TikTok reportedly plans ‘immediate’ Sunday shutdown in the US if it’s banned / The US federal ban will go into effect Sunday without a Supreme Court intervention.

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344299/tiktok-shutdown-us-ban-supreme-court

created by Lion8330 on 15/01/2025 at 16:01 UTC

2181 upvotes, 96 top-level comments (showing 25)

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Comment by Double_Question_5117 at 15/01/2025 at 18:43 UTC

521 upvotes, 12 direct replies

Now do Facebook

Comment by scenr0 at 15/01/2025 at 17:11 UTC

113 upvotes, 6 direct replies

I wonder what they're gunna do about Rednote now. The US gov is going to lose there mind.

Comment by Sensitive_Goose_8902 at 15/01/2025 at 17:24 UTC*

126 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I never liked TikTok, now those TikTok refugees are migrating to xiaohongshu, though I do like the cultural exchange since it’s long overdue, but I’ll say, posting those brainrot crime committing videos does not qualify as quality content and it’s a bad reflection on American culture and its society. Plus it’s really fucking with my feed on the app

Comment by Motor_Wafer_1520 at 15/01/2025 at 17:40 UTC

56 upvotes, 4 direct replies

All the edge lords in the comments as if reels and shorts didn’t exist

Comment by haphazard_chore at 15/01/2025 at 21:34 UTC

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Excellent! Now Facebook and then X!

Comment by BluestreakBTHR at 15/01/2025 at 16:08 UTC

112 upvotes, 8 direct replies

Oh no.

Anyway.

It’s been blocked from my home network for years. As has X.

Comment by jonvon191 at 15/01/2025 at 22:04 UTC

21 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Amazing how many people on here shitting on social media while on a social media platform.

Comment by r_u_insayian at 15/01/2025 at 18:11 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Check your kids phones. They are about to download some of the craziest crap ever.

Comment by 1234pinkbanana at 15/01/2025 at 19:18 UTC

39 upvotes, 6 direct replies

Save the kids. Shutdown all social media. It’s toxic and adds nothing positive to society.

Comment by normVectorsNotHate at 15/01/2025 at 17:49 UTC*

40 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Can't believe all the people who can't look past the annoying sounds and recognize how dangerous it is to normalize having a government that has a habit of banning media just because it's foreign owned

Comment by xensiz at 15/01/2025 at 18:47 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I assume my data is being stolen by all these apps, the thing I’m sick of are constant ads and subscriptions.

Comment by dumxblonde at 15/01/2025 at 18:08 UTC

21 upvotes, 3 direct replies

I’ll never understand people demonizing tiktok… while actively being on reddit. what a joke lol

Comment by Lion8330 at 15/01/2025 at 16:27 UTC

12 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I’m not using it, sorry for those who built their tech, blog and smm businesses around this platform

Comment by Fallen_Jalter at 15/01/2025 at 16:05 UTC

64 upvotes, 21 direct replies

Am I the only one who thinks it is a good thing? The sheer damage TT did the youth and destroyed their attention span.

Comment by Vegetable_Test517 at 15/01/2025 at 21:18 UTC

10 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Just remember the government could have helped with rent or groceries or any matter of vital pressing social issues

But they thought TikTok was what really needed to go; eliminating jobs and the way people communicate and organize and entertain themselves

their corrupt intentions couldn’t be more obvious

Comment by rourobouros at 15/01/2025 at 18:40 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

FAFO?

Comment by FlexFanatic at 15/01/2025 at 23:42 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I guess it’s time to dust off that old MySpace account.

Comment by Delicious-Exit-1039 at 16/01/2025 at 03:23 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

facebook should have been banned long ago. meta needs to go. it has sold user data to foreign nations without any regret.

Comment by _TheLonelyStoner at 16/01/2025 at 01:32 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I know everybody like to hate on tiktok influencers but there are also like 6 million small businesses that rely on tiktok for business so it’s gonna be impactful for a lot of americans beyond just having one less mindless social media app

Comment by Tim-in-CA at 15/01/2025 at 17:23 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Life finds a way … 🦖

Comment by Due_Supermarket_6178 at 15/01/2025 at 16:39 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Good riddance.

Comment by Schlep-Rock at 16/01/2025 at 07:18 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I can’t wait for my kids to finally get off that fucking time suck of an app and actually live their lives.

Comment by PitterPatter12345678 at 15/01/2025 at 19:24 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Good, and good luck with the brain health afterwards, because jesus y'all need therapy for former TikTok users.

Comment by kevabreu at 15/01/2025 at 19:44 UTC

6 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Best news. I've never used tiktok and resisted the urge to ever make an account.

Comment by SilverIdaten at 15/01/2025 at 16:46 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yay!