TikTok Getting Yet Another Ban Delay as Trump Fails to Reach Deal With China

[Zelegorm]

The real reason behind why the U.S. government wants to ban TikTok is because many posts on TikTok are causing many Americans to see that Israel is committing a genocide against innocent Palestinians. TikTok is showing footage of the barbarism and savagery of the Israeli military, which the American mainstream media deliberately refuses to show in order to propagate the U.S. government’s lie that Palestinians are the aggressors while Israel is the victim defending itself.

In the 1948 Nakba, European Zionist settler colonialist terrorists committed ethnic cleansing by kicking 700,000 to 750,000 Palestinians off their land and stealing it. Just because over seven decades have passed since doesn’t make it any less bad. The passage of time doesn’t make thieves the rightful owners of stolen property.

TikTok, despite its many flaws, is doing what the American mainstream media refuses to do, which is to allow the truth about Israel to be told: Israelis are the modern-day Nazis. The current genocide in Gaza is the most documented genocide in history, and the American politicians of both major parties, most of whom are funded by AIPAC, have a vested interest in hiding that footage of Israel committing genocide against Palestinian civilians.

The name for such a mechanism is censorship

 

[Shirasaki]

I'd say we are over a hundred by now, but no one cares. A dead country.

Yeah a dead country. Can’t believe why so many still desire that US green card or even citizenship.

 

[Shirasaki]

The real reason behind why the U.S. government wants to ban TikTok is because many posts on TikTok are causing many Americans to see that Israel is committing a genocide against innocent Palestinians. TikTok is showing footage of the barbarism and savagery of the Israeli military, which the American mainstream media deliberately refuses to show in order to propagate the U.S. government’s lie that Palestinians are the aggressors while Israel is the victim defending itself.

In the 1948 Nakba, European Zionist settler colonialist terrorists committed ethnic cleansing by kicking around 750,000 Palestinians off their land and stealing it. Just because over seven decades have passed since doesn’t make it any less bad. The passage of time doesn’t make thieves the rightful owners of stolen property.

TikTok, despite its many flaws, is doing what the American mainstream media refuses to do, which is to allow the truth about Israel to be told: Israelis are the modern-day Nazis. The current genocide in Gaza is the most documented genocide in history, and American politicians of both major parties, most of whom are funded by AIPAC, have a vested interest in hiding that footage of Israel committing genocide against Palestinian civilians.

That’s a long pro Israel post.
Regardless, it’s not like America doesn’t have their own homegrown fair share of far right extremism or similar in play. Fox News being a perfect example, and various programs claiming to be “voice of Americans” when all they represent is far right propaganda. TikTok for all the flaws, do seem to expose the dark side of either spectrum to an extent. Quite an impressive feat considering it is an echo chamber itself.

 

[Mousse]

It has already been banned, though. The Trump regime refuses to enforce the ban, which is an unconstitutional act and therefore an impeachable one.

Why bother? He's got over half the jury on his side. All that will happen is that he gets the ignoble distinction of being a 3x impeached President. The git would consider it a badge of honor.

 

[turbineseaplane]

No time to worry about "deals" ... new focus is on the "tanks rolling in" for the North Korea / USSR style American military parade for dear leader.

smh

 

[alfonsog]

The problem with democracy is that exactly half the voters have less than the median IQ.

But as Churchill said, Democracy is a bad form of government, but the others are even worse.

Trump gave the "low IQ" people someone to vote FOR. Those people already forgot what happened in 2016-2020 The democratic side was pushing for them to vote AGAINST Trump instead of FOR Harris. Trump might act and be the idiot but he knew how to play politics. He also gave people that might not usually vote out to vote; racists, homophobes, misogynists had someone to vote FOR. I think most of those types have less than the median IQ.

 

[DotCom2]

Trump gave the "low IQ" people someone to vote FOR. Those people already forgot what happened in 2016-2020 The democratic side was pushing for them to vote AGAINST Trump instead of FOR Harris. Trump might act and be the idiot but he knew how to play politics. He also gave people that might not usually vote out to vote; racists, homophobes, misogynists had someone to vote FOR. I think most of those types have less than the median IQ.

They LOVE him because he hates the same people they hate.

 

[joiwomcow]

Another TACO trade.

 

[npmacuser5]

Hard to believe any rational person would use TikTok.

 

[AgentOSX]

I am no fan of government controls, but TikTok should be banned everywhere. It is a cancer. All social media should be limited to those 18+. I am not even a fan of smartphones in the hands of those under 16. I have done too many forensic exams of suicided teenagers in hopes of giving parents answers, but the answers given only make things worse for the parents as the realize they were not raising their children, they were just housing and feeding them as broken schools and the internet raised them.

 

[AgentOSX]

Another TACO trade.

I love it when people invoke this silliness. It is as if they do not even realize what tactics are done to get people to the negotiating table, on scales that haven't been done since 1942.

 

[lkrupp]

All that tough talk and he folds like a lawn chair every time the deadline comes around.

Where did you think his moniker came from? TACO (Trump always chickens out)?

 

[Tenkaykev]

I'm sure there will be a deal in "2 weeks"!

-bdd

Complete with complementary TACO

 

[CarlJ]

All that tough talk and he folds like a lawn chair every time the deadline comes around.

Bad analogy - lawn chairs serve a useful purpose and are designed to intentionally fold with no damage, and doing so is a worthwhile feature.

 

[tbluhp]

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to extend the looming TikTok ban for yet another 75 days, reports The Wall Street Journal. It will mark the third extension since Trump took office in January.

The second extension that Trump gave TikTok is set to expire on June 19, and there appears to be no progress made toward a deal with China, so TikTok needs a third reprieve to continue operating in the United States.

TikTok was banned in the U.S. after the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act went into law on January 19, but Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice not to enforce the law at the current time.

Since January, Trump has been working to wrest TikTok's operations from Chinese control by establishing U.S. ownership. Trump's team has considered offers from Oracle, Perplexity, and Amazon, along with individuals like Jimmy Donaldson (known as MrBeast), Shark Tank host Kevin O'Leary, Employer.com founder Jesse Tinsley, and billionaire Frank McCourt.

Trump needs to work with China to get the TikTok deal approved, and China is not cooperating due to ongoing trade tensions created by Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods.

TikTok continues to be available for download as of now. It's not yet clear when the app might see a U.S. takeover, but with continued extensions, it is not in danger of being removed from the App Store.

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Article Link: TikTok Getting Yet Another Ban Delay as Trump Fails to Reach Deal With China

Just ban them already, Mr. Trump. This is ridiculous that you keep on extending your ban.

 

[It’s always something]

Just ban them already, Mr. Trump. This is ridiculous that you keep on extending your ban.

It’s certainly ridiculous, but it’s important to be clear that TikTok is already banned. It was banned by an act of Congress that was signed into law by President Biden. Trump refuses to enforce the ban while searching for his elusive “deal,” which the ban gives him no authority to do. He also lacks any constitutional authority to suspend enforcement of the law. In short, the entire thing is pure lawlessness by Trump.

 

[picpicmac]

The real reason behind why the U.S. government wants to ban TikTok is because many posts on TikTok are causing many Americans to see that Israel is committing a genocide against innocent Palestinians.... the Israeli military, ...

... European Zionist settler colonialist terrorists committed ethnic cleansing...

... allow the truth about Israel to be told: Israelis are the modern-day Nazis. The current genocide in Gaza is the most documented genocide in history, and American politicians of both major parties, most of whom are funded by AIPAC, have a vested interest in hiding that footage of Israel ...

When all you have is a hammer then everything looks like a nail.

 

[AgentOSX]

Where did you think his moniker came from? TACO (Trump always chickens out)?

Tell me how many nations came to a negotiating table, forced or not, single or en masse, in the last 30-40 years under any other Administration.