Young people, who found an outlet for creative expression in TikTok amid lockdown, say a US ban would be devastating, as some flock to YouTube and Byte
if they can pull off lengthier vids. https://www.nytimes.com/... Siraj Hashmi / @sirajahashmi : “[TikTokers] have engaged in open revolt, retaliating by posting negative reviews of President Trump's 2020 campaign app. The app received more than 700 negative reviews on Wednesday and only 26 positive ones.” Trump will never recover from this. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : TikTokers are scrambling to handle a potential ban: “I have 7M followers on TikTok, but it doesn't translate to every platform. I only have 3M on Insta and 500k on YouTube. No matter what it's going to be hard to transfer all the people I have on TikTok.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : “I think a ban will drastically affect political commentary among teenagers. TikTok is an outlet for a lot of protest and activism and people talking about their political beliefs. Banning that would not carry well among people my age.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Peter Hamby / @peterhamby : HouseDemocrats want the FTC to investigate TikTok, the DNC told campaign staffers to take it off their phones, and the U.S. Military has banned access to it. Concerns about the app aren't just a Trump thing. https://twitter.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : For many young people, TikTok has been an outlet for creative expression and human connection, especially throughout months of distance learning and social isolation. The threat of losing it is devastating. https://www.nytimes.com/... Joanna Stern / @joannastern : Have we really thought about what the kids of this nation will do if TikTok is taken away from them? @gregbensinger : ALL the apps collect data on you. The question is, where does that data go once collected. Amazon seems to have concluded TikTok is sending it back to China. @MikeIsaac @KYWeise https://www.nytimes.com/... Alex Heath / @alexeheath : “For Gen Z and Millennials, TikTok is our clubhouse and Trump threatened it,” said Yori Blacc, a 19-year-old TikTok user in California who joined in the app protest. “If you're going to mess with us, we will mess with you.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Imagine thinking it was okay to tolerate the spyware of an autocratic regime because some kids will be upset that they can't broadcast their dance moves without it. https://twitter.com/...
TikTok is Chinese malware that pilfers deeply personal data and information from users to the point where it approaches de facto identity theft. This information becomes privileged to agents of one of the most oppressive regimes on earth. There are safer ways to watch cat clips h…
Why the hell encourage young people to view a social media app as “a little bit of me” - particularly when talking about addressing loneliness?? Tik Tok is one of many social media apps chipping away at young people's mental health. https://www.nytimes.com/...
I've never seen any platform generate the growth and views for new creators like Tiktok has in the last few years. Maybe vine but that was a select few rather than ANYONE. It's gonna be a huge loss for creators who have no idea what to do, @TaylorLorenz reports https://twitter.co…
Anyone who thinks that kids will comply with any sort of TikTok ban don't remember what it is like to be a kid. They tried to ban Napster from us when I was a teen. Kazaa and Morpheus popped up. The teens are already making IGs about how to use VPNs and alt iTunes accounts
2016/2017 repeats. Viner invasion becomes TikTok invasion. Except algorithms have changed so it's not going to be the same kind of immediate skyrocketing from followers transferring. But! Moving to YouTube is smart — if they can pull off lengthier vids. https://www.nytimes.com/..…
“[TikTokers] have engaged in open revolt, retaliating by posting negative reviews of President Trump's 2020 campaign app. The app received more than 700 negative reviews on Wednesday and only 26 positive ones.” Trump will never recover from this. https://www.nytimes.com/... https…
TikTokers are scrambling to handle a potential ban: “I have 7M followers on TikTok, but it doesn't translate to every platform. I only have 3M on Insta and 500k on YouTube. No matter what it's going to be hard to transfer all the people I have on TikTok.” https://www.nytimes.com/…
“I think a ban will drastically affect political commentary among teenagers. TikTok is an outlet for a lot of protest and activism and people talking about their political beliefs. Banning that would not carry well among people my age.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
House Democrats want the FTC to investigate TikTok, the DNC told campaign staffers to take it off their phones, and the U.S. Military has banned access to it. Concerns about the app aren't just a Trump thing. https://twitter.com/...
For many young people, TikTok has been an outlet for creative expression and human connection, especially throughout months of distance learning and social isolation. The threat of losing it is devastating. https://www.nytimes.com/...
ALL the apps collect data on you. The question is, where does that data go once collected. Amazon seems to have concluded TikTok is sending it back to China. @MikeIsaac @KYWeise https://www.nytimes.com/...
“For Gen Z and Millennials, TikTok is our clubhouse and Trump threatened it,” said Yori Blacc, a 19-year-old TikTok user in California who joined in the app protest. “If you're going to mess with us, we will mess with you.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...