{"id":157595,"date":"2025-01-19T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T19:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1826560"},"modified":"2025-01-19T19:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T19:21:55","slug":"so-blatantly-unprofessional-and-biased-tiktok-is-finally-banned-but-are-we-still-sad-about-it-well-that-all-changed-in-just-20-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/19\/so-blatantly-unprofessional-and-biased-tiktok-is-finally-banned-but-are-we-still-sad-about-it-well-that-all-changed-in-just-20-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018So blatantly unprofessional and biased\u2019: TikTok is finally \u2018banned,\u2019 but are we still sad about it? Well, that all changed in just 20 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/America-bans-TikTok.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Although there were murmurings of a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/tiktok\">TikTok<\/a><\/strong> ban for quite some time, many in America didn&#8217;t really believe it would happen. Or they hoped that it wouldn&#8217;t, at least, as the prospect of a ban was very unpopular with the platform&#8217;s users. Unfortunately for millions of Americans, TikTok has been shut down in the U.S. ahead of its formal ban.<\/p>\n<p>With the app shut down, users in America are being shown a message apologizing for the outage. One version of the message directly names Trump in the message as a hope for the app, in messaging that some people are calling &#8220;blatantly unprofessional and biased.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">am i going crazy or is this message so blatantly unprofessional &amp; biased <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vScYNavNT6\" >pic.twitter.com\/vScYNavNT6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KITTY\u2605DISK (@kittydisks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kittydisks\/status\/1880823525583491108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Donald Trump popularized his &#8220;concept of a plan&#8221; for banning TikTok years ago, but the general idea is one that&#8217;s been floating around. Security services were interested in it due to concerns about the ownership structure of Chinese companies such as TikTok owner ByteDance, where the Chinese government has a significant stake \u2014 and consequent influence \u2014 in the running of the company and the ownership of its data.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was a vociferous detractor of the social media platform and even promised that if he became president again, he&#8217;d ban it. The underlying case for banning TikTok proved popular enough with lawmakers that it was signed into law under Joe Biden&#8217;s government. So far, so simple. Except when it comes to Trump&#8217;s deeply held political convictions, nothing is ever simple.<\/p>\n<p>In a flip-flop for the ages, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/news\/what-is-the-donald-trump-tiktok-controversy\/\">created a TikTok account<\/a>. Just days before the ban there were suggestions that Trump could even <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/politics\/dont-discount-that-possibility-is-trump-buying-tiktok\/\">buy the platform<\/a> if it was forced to sell its American operations to an American company. Trump has suggested that he will, &#8220;most likely,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/politics\/so-much-for-america-first-donald-trumps-first-order-of-business-as-president-going-back-on-his-promise-of-being-tough-on-china\/\">reverse the TikTok ban <\/a>when he becomes president, which not only goes against his former campaign against the social media giant but also sidelines his promise to be &#8220;tough on China&#8221; in his America-first crusade.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of his flip-flop and after seeing the messaging from ByteDance, many former TikTok users and Americans are losing their goodwill for the platform. Some have even suggested that this entire farce has been planned by Trump, a stunt designed to paint him as a savior and man of the people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">this is literally a stunt all planned by trump. look at how the message changed within 20 mins\u2026. trump is gonna come in office and play savior by unbanning the app to get more sympathy and likes from the public. do not fall for this bs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tiktokban?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#tiktokban<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EAoPGYF6M4\" >pic.twitter.com\/EAoPGYF6M4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; amaya \u2766 (@amxya17__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amxya17__\/status\/1880822089843904561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LMAO this TikTok ban is nothing but a stunt for Trump to come in and \u201clift\u201d and pretend he did something for us. Stop falling for this crap please. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lbgTcvxAla\" >pic.twitter.com\/lbgTcvxAla<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew\u2014New YouTube Channel @LiveFromTheResistance (@AmoneyResists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmoneyResists\/status\/1880838785635889543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ironically, the change in messaging to a pro-Trump viewpoint supports the view that TikTok is a vehicle for propaganda designed to create and maintain an influence in foreign countries for the purposes of destabilization and misinformation spreading. A truly unbiased and non-politically motivated international corporation would work behind the scenes to achieve its goals without trying to enter domestic political discourse. This is a message that Trump himself spread, at least until he realized he could use TikTok for his own ends, a truth which several X users were quick to point out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reminder that Donald Trump was the one who originally wanted TikTok banned because people were making viral videos making fun of him injecting bleach <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pQl1EefDD5\" >pic.twitter.com\/pQl1EefDD5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Leavitt <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f3b2.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfb2\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f3ae.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfae\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\uddd9\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f308.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf08\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> (@David_Leavitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Leavitt\/status\/1880854255969661299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump hated TikTok (because China) until it helped him win an election (as even he acknowledges) and now he\u2019s going to save it and take a victory lap. So he\u2019ll have X, TikTok, Insta, and Facebook all working on his behalf. That\u2019s a big difference between now and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1880848517742416302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s change of heart looks exactly like the self-motivated, valueless, and self-serving behavior that it is. 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