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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by jonathanlb on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:08PM (#42742707)
> Does the US really want a (hostile?) foreign govt to have clear direct access to [...] americans

Apparently, American users want this? Approximately 700k users have joined RedNote, a Chinese platform. It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for Americans.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by w0m on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:36PM (#42742985)
For perspective on the the root issue, that number seems incredibly high, and it's still only ~.5% of estimated active American TikTok users.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by sanktanglia on Friday January 17, 2025 @07:41PM (#42744735)
Well yes, people are addicted to this content so of course they'll seek out alternatives. People want to be distracted by pretty pictures and funny stories and someone telling them their opinions are right
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by airstrike on Friday January 17, 2025 @08:57PM (#42745119)
700k rounds to zero. YouTube has ~240 million US accounts, Instagram has ~170 million.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Saturday January 18, 2025 @07:47AM (#42747949)
Every Android owner automatically has a YT account, so that doesn't count to much.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by tivert on Saturday January 18, 2025 @02:59AM (#42746675)
> Apparently, American users want this? Approximately 700k users have joined RedNote, a Chinese platform. It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for Americans.

There are 335 million Americans, and a lot of them are stupid and/or foolish.

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