Funny how the decline of American hegemony over social media coincides with Americans arguing social media should be nation-specific.

I bet the menial tasks are the most fun parts of the job.

What will happen to the creators that make a living on TikTok...

Honestly, less concerned about them.

They’ll move to whatever platform users move to

Unclear what your conspiracy is, it is a fact you can get around a government ban with a VPN. It just doesn't solve the problem at hand.

You realize they can also ban VPN IPs right?

My point is they don't even need to do that. If people cant get paid there is no ecosystem of content. Plus why would TikTok themselves care about this after they leave the American market.

Creators can't get paid, advertisers can't advertise, the whole ecosystem dies. Sure you can still access the app with a VPN but that's just 4chan with extra steps.

If the creators can't make money they will stop using it.

What a trip you are on. You can't be in war with the country that produces all the stuff you have in your house.

Does it spew Chinese propaganda though? Have you even used TikTok?

"you don't get Nancy Pelosi and Marjorie Taylor Greene on the same side unless there is some serious fire"

All you need to convince American politicians of anything is jingling keys and cash. Plus MTG opposed the original TikTok bill, they only voted in favor when it was packed together with sending money for Israel.

>A spin to a US company is not enough. It needs to cease operating in the US because there’s no surety that even with a spin data and sharing won’t get back to ByteDance China.

At this level of paranoia you may as well ban Facebook and other social media as there is no guarantee their data is not getting intercepted by China.