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By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands,
wrote Trump on his social media platform Truth Social
I think that myself, like many others, have gained a lot of disdain for the U.S. government,
said Fasulo, who has about 400,000 followers
I think back to when Elon bought Twitter and how dramatically it shifted overall sentiment and how people interacted on the app. So that gives me a lot of concern,
said Kelly Sites, 38, referring to billionaire Elon Musk's purchase of the social media site now known as XI think that this is a very sad time in history,
said Richard "Chuck" Fasulo, 37, a mechanic and auto-influencer from Duchess County, New YorkI would choose a political stunt over losing TikTok forever,
Charlotte Warren, 31, a dating and relationships content creator based in Austin, Texas, told ReutersI don't want the magic of the algorithm to change,
said Sites, a part-time content creator based in Kansas City, KansasTrump's stand indicates that TikTok still has a chance to seek a better solution to ensure its legal operation in the US through negotiation, cooperation or other innovative methods. It is also a recognition of TikTok's immense user base and commercial value,
Zhu said
There's just no way you can ruin that many jobs, livelihoods, careers, advertising because you're afraid of Chinese disinformation,
Portnoy saidWhy am I joining @tiktok_us just as the government ban begins? Because I don't like being told what to do,
he wroteAnd for all of those concerns that people were saying that TikTok is going to be used as a propaganda tool by the Chinese, understand they’re using it as a propaganda tool for the right,
she added
We are on the eve of an authoritarian administration,
she saidWith our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions
he wrote on Truth Social on Sunday morning
The community on TikTok is like nothing else, so it’s weird to not have that anymore,
content creator Tiffany Watson, 20, said SundayThere are still people out there who want beauty content,
Watson saidAmericans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations,
Trump wrote
Now that the law has taken effect, there is no legal basis for any kind of 'extension' of its effective date. For TikTok to come back online in the future, ByteDance must agree to a sale that satisfies the law's qualified-divestiture requirements by severing all ties between TikTok and Communist China."
Republican senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said in a joint statement
I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!”
Trump wrote on Truth Social
Oracle might see value it cozying up to Trump, even if it risks crippling liability. Doing so could be good for the company, not doing so could risk important contract,
said HurwitzTrump can say that no TikTok service providers will face liability. He can say that all he wants,
Wayne Unger, a law professor at Quinnipiac University, fired off on X SundayThese “service providers” have lost their minds,
he said