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> It's crazy to me that TikTok is still operating

Not at all, I don't think our elderly political leadership really had a grasp on how massive Tiktok is with GenZ and younger Americans.

It would be, to the elderly, like the government unilaterally banning AM radio.

There are certainly issues with Tiktok, but it was complete out-of-touch hubris to decide to censor the dominant media platform in the US for people under 40 overnight.

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But that is precisely what someone who cares not for the under-40 crowd and DOES care about power would do?

I think you meant "DOES not know how to competently keep a grip on power would do"

(or maybe this is what you mean?)

Democrats were successfully tarred as being behind the Tiktok ban. Even though it was a pretty bipartisan ban, Trump came out loudly as opposing it and said "vote for me, I'll save Tiktok" and then he narrowly scraped by on election day. His razor thin victory is arguably because of that play.

No ticktock is not a protocol or airspace. It's a company. It would be like banning Disney.

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