the tiktok apocalypse (trump bans app in america)

the tiktok apocalypse (trump bans app in america)
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In this rageface studios video, I will be discussing popular social media platform TikTok, because this morning on Air Force One (a helicopter), US president Donald Trump stated that he would most likely ban TikTok on Saturday (today), via an executive order. This has caused a lot of debate on controversy on several platforms, with some calling the platform a security risk, due to it being owned by Chinese company Bytedance and having servers owned by Tencent, whilst others are saying that there are larger issues that Trump should be dealing with, such as the pandemic, which I honestly think is a dumb scapegoat that people have been using for every current issue. In this video, I discuss the topic, and also read out the reactions to the issue, some of them over-the-top, including the one by the US General Manager of TikTok. After TikTok being banned in its biggest market, India, earlier this year, if it was to also be banned in North America, the financial implications could most likely kill the app, causing famous stars like Griffin Johnson and Charli D'Amelio to move to alternate platforms, such as Byte or Instagram Reels. Bytedance have actually become so desperate to keep their American audience that they have offered to give up all ownership of their American TikTok service, which they did not do in the situation in India.
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TikTok (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn) is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based internet technology company founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. It is used to create short dance, lip-sync, comedy and talent videos. ByteDance first launched Douyin for the China market in September 2016. Later, TikTok was launched in 2017 for iOS and Android in most markets outside of China; however, it only became available in the United States after merging with Musical.ly on 2 August 2018. TikTok and Douyin are similar to each other, but run on separate servers ..