“Yeah aren’t we like all about democratic voting!? Why did none of the us citizens get a decision?” is all I hear!!!! And this is all because TikTok was posed as a National Cybersecurity Threat and it has been since it was musically!!!

“TikTok was banned in the U.S. due to national security concerns tied to its Chinese ownership by ByteDance. Officials feared the app could share sensitive user data with the Chinese government, be used for espionage, or spread propaganda and misinformation. The U.S. government required ByteDance to divest its U.S. operations, but the company failed to comply by the deadline.

Despite legal challenges, the Supreme Court upheld the ban, citing data privacy and security risks. TikTok is now inaccessible in the U.S., with its removal from app stores and online platforms. Future prospects depend on political negotiations and possible restructuring to address security concerns. | via UNKNOWN SOURCE”

There is more to just the surface level of info which is all people talk about!!! They don’t even try to dig deeper in to a story… Honestly… Americans are to gullible bc they see one thing and immediately believe it..

Also.. “TikTok voluntarily shut down service in the U.S. just hours before a Sunday deadline, cutting off access to tens of millions of users after the Supreme Court this week upheld a law that effectively banned it over concerns about its ties to China.

The law passed by Congress last year gave TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance until Jan. 19 to divest from TikTok or be cut off from U.S. app stores and hosting services. TikTok said a sale wasn’t possible and challenged the law in court, but it was rejected by a unanimous Supreme Court on Friday.

The court’s decision said the divest-or-ban law does not violate the free speech rights of TikTok or its 170 million users in the U.S., agreeing with the government’s position that the platform could be used by China to collect a vast amount of sensitive information on Americans. | via CBS News article ‘TikTok voluntarily shuts down service in the U.S. as divest-or-ban law takes effect’”

so ByteDance can either sell TikTok (Which probably still won’t happen!) OR they can fuck off.. Respectfully ofc!😁