We know the original real reason why they wanted Tiktok banned. We also know the real reason why Trump is delaying the TikTok ban, because Trump benefited heavily from it. The amount of right wing grift on Tiktok is actually insanely high, and I'll argue, more than Youtube because of how easy it is to make videos on Tiktok.
And then when we hit December there'll be another delay. And another. And another. After all if social media was to get curtailed how would Donald brainwash his voters?
Hopefully the same situation happens with the Australian online under 16s social media crap (which is already looking like it can't actually be actioned in court so long as the site has
any
form of "are you over 16 years of age yes/no?" lmao).
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Trump and Xi are trying to make this divestment/sale work but it's just not worth it. We still don't have a finalized list of US investors that want to buy up the world's supply of brain rot. We won't control the algorithm. Best case for US is that we avoid the Nepal scenario after Gen Z loses its shit from a ban. Best case scenario for China and Xi is doing enough damage control to remain in the US market.