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  • TikTok shuttered service in the U.S. last night, hours before the government’s ban was set to take effect.
  • The app showed users a message that read, in part, “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution.”
  • Before the platform went dark, users posted videos filled with sadness and silliness. “It’s like losing a relative,” one creator said.
  • For an app with such devoted users, TikTok’s end came with a surprising lack of outrage, our tech columnist writes.
 

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Does it depend how your App store or Google Play is set up. If you have it as Dominican Republic under settings or herramientas is it then still not available ?
 
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Perhaps that will get Trumped tomorrow? I do hope not,,,
Or perhaps other countries like the DR will join in to effectuate changes at tik tok. The new President of the US could start to build an anti-tik tok coalition....but I think an alternate solution will be coming very soon.

It is interesting the Chinese are pushing back..........particularly when they ban so many other platforms in China......Google/Facebook (Meta)/Whatsapp etc.


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El Hijo de Manolo

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Or perhaps other countries like the DR will join in to effectuate changes at tik tok. The new President of the US could start to build an anti-tik tok coalition....but I think an alternate solution will be coming very soon.

It is interesting the Chinese are pushing back..........particularly when they ban so many other platforms in China......Google/Facebook (Meta)/Whatsapp etc.


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They’re proposing to buy TT US as of this morning. What anti TT coalition?
 

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As with the other Tik Tok thread the posts need to be DR related, how or is this affecting Tik Tok users in the DR?
 
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They’re proposing to buy TT US as of this morning. What anti TT coalition?
I do not think this will happen, but when you play chess you need to think your strategy several moves ahead;


It will not currently affect the DR, unless those using it there (expats?) are also using a vpn...........and had signed up for a vpn with a us address or phone number.


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You're correct. I don't think it will affect TT users in DR, as there couldn't possibly be any worse content coming out of that than in the entire history of man.
My wife is in the DR and she is Tik'd off of Tik Tok.

Cable Del Norte provides us with a US IP address.. So there is that.
That US IP fools almost nobody else into thinking we are in the USA.
 

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My understanding based on news reports Tik Tok is back. Honestly though, I rarely if ever go on Tik Tok.
 

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In the US, people use social media to really dig into what's happening in the world, looking for different views and questioning what they hear from big news outlets. They're after the 'truth' behind the headlines.

But in a lot of developing countries like DR, you won't see much of that on social media. Governments there keep a tight grip on what gets said online (we know numerous instances of "selectively approved" content where current political parties in power cannot be criticized), which means social media doesn't get to be a forum for discussing serious stuff. Instead, you might find it inundated with simple content like dembow dance videos, incessant campo life humor, favorite beach town chica threads or recipes that leverage the same 5 seasonings no matter what the base protein. It's not that people don't want to talk about deeper issues; it's more that they can't, because of the restrictions or general ignorance of events outside of the barrio.

This shows a remarkable gap in how information can flow around the world. Where there's less control, social media can be a place for learning, activism, and keeping leaders in check. But where the government watches closely, it's mostly stunningly ignorant, banal content, because that's about all that's allowed to thrive. This situation really points out why we need to protect open communication and information access everywhere.
 

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What to know about the TikTok ban:​

  • TikTok said it would be restoring service to U.S. users after blocking it the evening before.
  • TikTok became unavailable last night, just hours before a law banning the platform was expected to go into effect. Users who tried to access the app were greeted with a pop-up message on their screens saying “a law banning TikTok has been enacted.”
  • President-elect Donald Trump clarified his stance on TikTok, writing on Truth Social today that he’d like to bring the app back online in the U.S. as soon as possible, even if there’s no deal yet for a U.S.-based company to buy the app.
  • Though access to the app has been restored for many U.S. users, those who don’t have the app on their devices still appear unable to download it through the Apple and Android app stores.
  • President Joe Biden signed a law in April that required TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership and sell to a U.S. company or face a shutdown. His administration said it’s leaving enforcement of the ban in the hands of the incoming Trump administration.
 
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I mostly quit on social media about a decade ago when it started to become antisocial junk media. I rather play with other kids outside if I can find them.
Couldn’t care less what happens with Tic Tac Dog Talk whatever…
 
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