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  1. Too Kool

    March 23, 2023 at 3:46 pm

    Hi mom!

  2. Jezza

    March 23, 2023 at 3:47 pm

    🙏🏻

  3. Andy A

    March 23, 2023 at 3:51 pm

    Please ban it

  4. Lukin Nesbit

    March 23, 2023 at 3:55 pm

    While I disagreed with the band because of security threats. Seriously where is the evidence. In this case, this has merit.

    • vall 77

      March 23, 2023 at 4:31 pm

      It was confirmed it key logged and harvested information from the local area network on the device that it was on and Chinese servers kept identifying marks and passwords this is not hearsay this actually happened.

  5. Tarkus

    March 23, 2023 at 4:01 pm

    Good. Ban it.

  6. The Tech Sheep

    March 23, 2023 at 4:04 pm

    GOOD

  7. Nhan Nguyen

    March 23, 2023 at 4:08 pm

    Acquire by a US company? Seems like the US just want Tiktok for themselves.

  8. vall 77

    March 23, 2023 at 4:31 pm

    Not only do they show different stuff in China versus the US it’s always to our detriment this isn’t a “maybe Gathering data” this is actually happening it was proven Chinese data centers did possess a database of identifying features and markings passwords and key logs of activity outside of the app and even in local area Networks that the devices with the application were on the whole thing is a botnet.

  9. Tawaka Dziruni

    March 23, 2023 at 4:57 pm

    This whole thing is sinophobic AF

  10. Over50Nomads

    March 23, 2023 at 6:51 pm

    You can change your origin country on your phone and boom 💥
    Problem solved!
    Your Welcome 💗

  11. tom mendenhall

    March 23, 2023 at 6:53 pm

    It is a security threat
    Do you believe the CEO
    Bye the way I have some swap land in
    Florida I sell you cheap!!!!!!

  12. Gartos _CZ

    March 23, 2023 at 7:30 pm

    Lets hope that it gets banned everywhere

    • Manfred Knorr

      March 23, 2023 at 11:39 pm

      Why? What is the problem?

    • Laptop Games

      March 24, 2023 at 12:35 am

      ​@Manfred Knorr they say is too cringe but I agree that

  13. Alan Ball

    March 23, 2023 at 7:31 pm

    If they ban it maybe they’ll also consider Facebook who does the same thing but through a third party. If you don’t think any/all governments buy data from Facebook for example think again.

  14. acay

    March 23, 2023 at 7:34 pm

    That is the silliest excuse for banning I have ever heard. More to this that meets the eye

  15. Ohio Dog

    March 23, 2023 at 7:52 pm

    Yes sir ban Ticktock

  16. Terry Wheelock

    March 23, 2023 at 9:15 pm

    They need to BAN DicDok, dang commie spies! 😱😝😁🤪🤣👍👍🇺🇲

  17. The SONY Technology Enthusiast

    March 23, 2023 at 9:38 pm

    I only use it to promote my channel but I don’t mind if it gets banned

  18. Daiviet Nguyen

    March 23, 2023 at 9:58 pm

    What about my own private so called “security” when the big tech thugs in the US openly spying on me and on the rest of the naive American ???? 🤣🤣🤣 Or is it when you people got beaten badly by the Chinese in your own game and on your own turf, you turned into a little whiny bit*h and become the laughingstock for the rest of the world ????

  19. It's MaritZA

    March 23, 2023 at 10:32 pm

    GOOD !!

  20. Sababa Ahla

    March 23, 2023 at 11:29 pm

    Good news

  21. Manfred Knorr

    March 23, 2023 at 11:39 pm

    The US government is a joke. Ban an app they think might control their citizens while they are doing it themselves.

  22. Zones

    March 24, 2023 at 12:01 am

    I’m convinced the US government either has bots, or is working in tandem with Indians to promote the ban and flood comment sections with garbage

  23. Alan Voo

    March 24, 2023 at 12:27 am

    They will never ban it Bec the next gen will send all these law makers packing n jobless

  24. ThatguyRuby

    March 24, 2023 at 12:52 am

    I don’t believe what TikTok is doing is right, but to ban TikTok for that would imply that banning Facebook is also a good idea.

    • Kristopher Tyner

      March 24, 2023 at 7:42 pm

      Add twitter to that

  25. junxi ding

    March 24, 2023 at 2:11 am

    The CCP prohibits Chinese residents from registering and using TWITTER, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, GOOGLE, TELEGRAM accounts, and even prohibits Chinese residents from registering TikTok accounts, and does not allow its citizens to voice their voices on these platforms. The U.S. government should reciprocally ban all Chinese social software from circulating in the U.S. . This CEO is an agent trained and cultivated by the CCP since childhood, just like the family of the former general secretary of the CCP cultivated Guo Wengui and Ma Yun

  26. Blake Russo

    March 24, 2023 at 4:02 am

    Ban it

  27. waynerc28

    March 24, 2023 at 6:12 am

    It’s only being banned because the Facebook has been lobbying to do so. TikTok shares the same information any other platform does.

  28. Tyler Haile

    March 24, 2023 at 7:52 am

    It’s mostly not about security concerns, it’s because Meta dropped MILLIONS into lobbying congress because it’s losing users, can’t compete and it’s cheaper to buy politicians than it is to improve itself.

    • RealGuy

      March 24, 2023 at 4:02 pm

      yeah completely what you said is false

    • Kaylee Holt

      March 24, 2023 at 10:06 pm

      I don’t know if that’s true because this is my first time hearing about this. I will research this. But If true it’s honestly sad what our country is. But it’s been

    • nanofilms

      March 24, 2023 at 11:58 pm

      Right like it’s not my fault Instagram is trying to be everyone it’s not unique at all and Facebook is literally just used for old ppl and that’s because they didn’t experiment with something new to bring a younger audience

    • a.idiot😐

      March 24, 2023 at 11:58 pm

      You are right people are stupid AF they prolly just hating

  29. APPLO TACNICAL

    March 24, 2023 at 7:54 am

    My country all ready bennd guess u who I am 😂

  30. Sumi

    March 24, 2023 at 11:57 am

    Facebook is worse 😭

    • My

      March 24, 2023 at 6:54 pm

      Nope . Stop lying

    • nanofilms

      March 25, 2023 at 12:00 am

      ​@Myit is worse like do you know they have curly groups that go under the radar. Educate yourself before saying things.

    • nanofilms

      March 25, 2023 at 12:00 am

      *cult

    • Canal do pedro

      March 25, 2023 at 5:53 pm

      at least they are just old people with no bad intentions, tik tok is on another level

    • My

      March 25, 2023 at 6:50 pm

      @nanofilms lol moron . I know about facebook that s why i stopped using it more than 6 years and tik tok is worse

    • sou uma pessoa

      March 25, 2023 at 7:12 pm

      @Canal do pedro só tem velho no Facebook do Brasil cara

  31. Morpheus

    March 24, 2023 at 12:51 pm

    TikTok favours creators n makes it easy to get your content out there, America just don’t want things to be easy for people. See how fckd up YouTube shorts is n Facebook own silly version of short videos, very messed up stewpeed algorithm

  32. Kashmir boy

    March 24, 2023 at 1:41 pm

    Please ban this useless app I don’t need

    • Alex series

      March 24, 2023 at 7:25 pm

      Yeah ban it because Kashmir Boy said he doesn’t need it. 👌

    • sou uma pessoa

      March 25, 2023 at 7:10 pm

      ele é totalmente fútil

  33. Kashmir boy

    March 24, 2023 at 1:43 pm

    So good new please ban

  34. My

    March 24, 2023 at 6:53 pm

    I hope it does . It s cancer

    • Gotenks

      March 25, 2023 at 4:04 pm

      Everything you watch on youtube is from tikktok just reuplod

  35. Hannah on 60 fps

    March 24, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    ban it already

  36. Bravo~666

    March 24, 2023 at 11:10 pm

    Good ban it💯

  37. Corrupt Society

    March 25, 2023 at 12:20 am

    Ban it

  38. Jason Vai

    March 25, 2023 at 12:46 am

    Baaaaaan it 😅 in europe too please

  39. snipr_q-17

    March 25, 2023 at 2:48 am

    As much as this appears unconstitutional and hypocritical, I can’t say I wouldn’t mind a TikTok ban.

  40. 2K Official

    March 25, 2023 at 5:25 am

    Sure but don’t forget to ban Ins FB Twitter and Snapchat as well. Thanks a lot

    • Johnny's Younger mother

      March 25, 2023 at 3:03 pm

      Frs

    • Love Life

      March 25, 2023 at 5:23 pm

      Note twitter though

  41. geo bacon

    March 25, 2023 at 10:35 am

    NEVER BAN TIKTOK I DONT WANNA BE HERE🔥‼️🦅⁉️

    • Gotenks

      March 25, 2023 at 4:03 pm

      LOOK AT ALL THE YOUTUBE SHORTS NPCS HERE 🦅‼️‼️

    • Canal do pedro

      March 25, 2023 at 5:51 pm

      cringe

    • sou uma pessoa

      March 25, 2023 at 7:08 pm

      @Canal do pedro os cara ta muito ridículo pedindo pra nao banir lkkkkkk

  42. Isa C.

    March 25, 2023 at 11:00 am

    USA is like:
    Only USA can spy other countries. 😂😂

  43. Sean Simpkin

    March 25, 2023 at 11:43 am

    Goodbye TikTok! Dumbing people down one video at a time!

    • Robin Gyarmati

      March 25, 2023 at 1:33 pm

      It only shows how stupid people can be and IG, FB and Snapchat is no better

    • Janni Gulde Iversen

      March 25, 2023 at 4:52 pm

      Don’t forget YouTube shorts

    • Mr.Bopper

      March 25, 2023 at 8:42 pm

      @Janni Gulde Iversen tiktok has affected youth WAY worse than any social media ever has. With challenges resulting in multiple deaths and countless of injuries, do you still think it’s right to compare the two?

    • Gangsta

      March 25, 2023 at 9:11 pm

      @Mr.Bopper like what challenges?

    • Robert Arthur White III

      March 26, 2023 at 12:32 am

      @Gangsta Look some up shitTok challenges that have killed/injured someone. It doesn’t have a good record on challenges. Lots of people have died in stupid ways rather than living their life to the fullest potential.

    • Jiffy B. Klux

      March 26, 2023 at 4:39 am

      ​@Gangsta attention span of 5 seconds 🤣🤣🤣 theres a challenge

    • Mr.Bopper

      March 26, 2023 at 6:29 am

      @Gangsta for example, the skullbreaker challenge, the Benadryl challenge and a new one too, BORG

    • GodVonOrim

      March 26, 2023 at 9:46 am

      @Mr.Bopper It’s not true, before TikTok these stupid challenges were on Facebook, when TikTok is banned this will continue to be repeated on the social network that takes the popularity that TikTok occupies today.

    • Janni Gulde Iversen

      March 26, 2023 at 10:14 am

      TikTok vs other social media

      On the topic of dangers to attentions spans, that’s the effect of shorter content formats.

      On the models for moderation or lack of same and opennes about moderation or lack of same – similar issues as several other social media platforms.

      On dangerous trends and challenges – similar issues as has existed on other platforms and corners of the internet.

      On data collection and security – similar issues as other social media platforms and apps.

      On hosting problematic content or problematic algoritm serving – similar issues as the dark pasts of other social media platforms.

  44. THR33-K

    March 25, 2023 at 11:55 am

    You guys saying ban tik tok don’t know how it’s changed people lives and don’t understand the TRUE information it gives to the world

  45. Alpha Delta Romeo

    March 25, 2023 at 12:10 pm

    8 year olds with smartphones are watching this TikTok garbage
    Unsupervised on their school bus rides to and from school each day. Obviously this is far more concerning that influence of 35 yr old voters

  46. Stanistan

    March 25, 2023 at 2:42 pm

    By Chinese law all data assets held by Chinese companies must be available to any request by the Chinese government there is no privacy allowed for

    • Giddy

      March 26, 2023 at 8:42 pm

      Tiktok can’t be accessed my the Chinese government wft are you saying

  47. Ravianx

    March 25, 2023 at 3:08 pm

    Even if it gets banned u can still get in App Store

  48. TrellDaStoryTeller

    March 25, 2023 at 6:10 pm

    Well they just banned it today

    • Giddy

      March 26, 2023 at 8:42 pm

      Nope

  49. incognito -

    March 25, 2023 at 6:33 pm

    I did some brain storming right..

    It seems like the creators of TikTok are like the “good guys” and they are trying to “wake us up” from the Matrix.

    TikTok = The Rooster that “wakes” you up
    (From the matrix and lies)

    Or

    TikTok = Time is running up..
    Tick…Tack…Tick…Tack…
    (This is actually whay google also says)

    TikTok’s old name was Douyin.
    Even the TikTok logo is still based on their old company name called Douyin. The letter D is in the logo of the current TikTok logo.

    Douyin, (抖音, literally “shaking sound” in Chinese)

  50. Luke Sorensen

    March 25, 2023 at 6:49 pm

    As if this was never a concern for years! The real question should be, why did they wait this long?
    India banned it real quick. Did we not all know why?
    So f***ing dumb

  51. Kitten whispers

    March 25, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    Why is tiktok on the chopping block but other social media sites aren’t? They all sway opinions and store data.

  52. Finance Minister

    March 26, 2023 at 1:17 am

    The US is trying to protect her privacy yet, does everything in her power to disrupt the privacy of Russia…

    Vanity!

  53. Austin

    March 26, 2023 at 2:07 am

    Ban it, and I know this is a short but ban youtube shorts to. There just as bad.

  54. Dream Nostalgia

    March 26, 2023 at 2:40 am

    this is idiotic. dont they know if they ban TT, there would be other Social Media appearing.

  55. n.e

    March 26, 2023 at 12:57 pm

    Ban all social media

  56. Cause Unknown

    March 26, 2023 at 5:38 pm

    Delete your Facebook and Instagram if you want your data secured! It’s simple!

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