And they’re already kissing Trump’s ass

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    7 hours ago

    I know bad for democracy and everything but

    This app has done nothing positive for my life, arguably began my social media addiction, filled my brain with negative content at the height of COVID and severely impacted my mental health

    I don’t think governments should ban platforns. But do I think TikTok should have ever existed? No

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      30 minutes ago

      I dunno. Thanks to Black creators there, I learned about Tulsa, Rosewood, a lot about America indigenous culture, learned about the cops city protests and actions…

      Sounds like TikTok was very good for democracy.

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      5 hours ago

      And yet most of it’s users are either to stupid or addicted to see the issue and just switch to RedNote, no questions asked. Which in turn nullifies the ban altogether.

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      4 hours ago

      If not for TikTok Israel’s genocide would have gone unreported in Western media and censored on US social media.

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        3 hours ago

        I don’t use TikTok but I knew plenty about Israel’s actions. It was all over the internet and plenty of news sources.

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          46 minutes ago

          Yeah because teens love opening the paper in the morning and reading about how Israel is “liberating” Palestine?