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Welp, TikTok and its China-based proprietor ByteDance f***ed round and came upon. Late Saturday night time, TikTok was formally banned within the U.S., nevertheless it’s again up after Donald Trump vowed to put it aside. Shockingly, the card-collecting online game Marvel Snap and video modifying app CapCut are nonetheless down for the rely.

TikTok went darkish final night time, inflicting all of the influencers to lose their sh*t and take their grievances to X, Instagram, and wherever else they will hit a publish button.

Final night time, TikTok’s 187 million U.S. customers had been greeted with a message telling them they may not use the app and that the corporate was lucky that Felon 47, Donald Trump, would work with them to discover a answer.

“Sorry, TikTok isn’t accessible proper now. A legislation banning TikTok has been enacted within the U.S. Sadly, which means you may’t use TikTok for now,” the message begins. “We’re lucky that President Trump has indicated that he’ll work with us on an answer to reinstate TikTok as soon as he takes workplace. Please keep tuned!”

TikTok cooked 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/hzQvE5N6gG

— B E A N Z The Gamer Dad(beanzgotgamez.bsky.social) (@BeanzGotGamez) January 19, 2025

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Gen Z’s nightmare state of affairs of both having to place their telephones down or use different social media platforms to share dangerous takes and do dance movies got here to an finish on Sunday after President-elect Trump stated on his bullsh*t platform, Reality Social, that he’ll difficulty an govt order on Monday to put it aside.

Per MSNBC:

“I’m asking firms to not let TikTok keep darkish!” Trump wrote in a submit on Reality Social. “I’ll difficulty an govt order on Monday to increase the time frame earlier than the legislation’s prohibitions take impact, in order that we will make a deal to guard our nationwide safety. The order may even verify that there can be no legal responsibility for any firm that helped preserve TikTok from going darkish earlier than my order.”

As of this writing, the swap has been flipped again on within the U.S., with the corporate writing in a submit on X, previously Twitter, “In settlement with our service suppliers, TikTok is within the means of restoring service. We thank President Trump for offering the mandatory readability and assurance to our service suppliers that they may face no penalties offering TikTok to over 170 million People and permitting over 7 million small companies to thrive.”

“It’s a powerful stand for the First Modification and towards arbitrary censorship. We’ll work with President Trump on a long-term answer that retains TikTok in the US.”

STATEMENT FROM TIKTOK:

In settlement with our service suppliers, TikTok is within the means of restoring service. We thank President Trump for offering the mandatory readability and assurance to our service suppliers that they may face no penalties offering TikTok to over 170…

— TikTok Coverage (@TikTokPolicy) January 19, 2025

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The trouble to ban TikTok was began by Trump in 2020 pic.twitter.com/7npCMW08qJ

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) January 17, 2025

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The TikTok Jig Is Loading….

Whereas this may occasionally appear to be a win for everybody, some see the jig, precisely mentioning that Donald Trump known as for TikTok to be banned through the tail finish of his disastrous presidency.

Standard political commentator @2RawTooReal identified how Trump and the CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, are in “cahoots” as a result of Chew can be attending Trump’s now indoor inauguration ceremony. He additionally factors out in his video that Trump wrote the EO (govt order) calling for the platform to be banned, however just for President Biden to revoke it when he took workplace.

2RawTooReal additionally factors out that the legislation permits the president to grant TikTok a 90-day extension, permitting TikTok to discover a purchaser or, as he factors out, permit Trump to work with the Republican-controlled Senate and Home to go a invoice saving the platform, making Trump seem like a hero and a champion of entrepreneurs.

He additionally factors out that Chew shared a video of far-right political activist Charlie Kirk on his TikTok web page and that the app buried his and different movies of customers fact-checking misinformation about Vice President Kamala Harris.

The TikTok CEO and Donald Trump are in cahoots pic.twitter.com/IZT3HJrmni

— 2RawTooReal (@2RawTooReal) January 19, 2025

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Marvel Snap Is Nonetheless Down

Whereas TikTok is again up, Marvel Snap continues to be down. Now, why, you would possibly ask? IGN reviews that the sport was “developed by Second Dinner and was revealed by ByteDance-owned writer Nuverse, which is what led to the ban.”

Effectively rattling.

Second Dinner’s Chief Improvement Officer and Co-Founder, Ben Brode, revealed on BlueSky that the ban stunned his firm.

“Sadly, Marvel Snap is quickly unavailable in U.S. app shops and is unavailable to play within the U.S. This was a shock to Second Dinner and our writer Nuverse,” Brode wrote. “We’re actively engaged on getting the sport up as quickly as attainable and can replace you as soon as we’ve extra to share.”

He provided these thirsty to log in and provides recommendation, suggesting they need to use a VPN.

“FWIW I’m listening to that VPN software program will mean you can proceed enjoying Marvel Snap within the meantime, so long as you faux you’re from Canada or one thing,” he stated.

What a large number.

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