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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by Teever on Monday January 20, 2025 @06:16AM (#42767475)
If banning Tik Tok is an easy political stunt then why has this spawned a couple several thousand comment posts in the last 48 hours alone?
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by krapp on Monday January 20, 2025 @06:28AM (#42767557)
Because if there are two subjects HN cannot resist pontificating on at length, it's social media/the modern web and Sinopolitics. Add a dash of red team/blue team sniping and it's the perfect storm.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by saagarjha on Monday January 20, 2025 @12:19PM (#42770832)
Easy in India. I’m sure they also debated it at length there. But they went through with it and it largely did nothing.