Overall public sentiment is overwhelmingly negative towards the TikTok US operations deal, with prevalent concerns surrounding data privacy, potential censorship, and distrust of U.S. government intentions. Many users fear that the deal will facilitate government propaganda and that TikTok will lose its unique features, leading to calls for withdrawal from the platform.

U.S. Government

TikTok (ByteDance)

Trump Administration

COMING SOON:  TikTok dance trend to "God Bless The USA"

ReverendEntity

Did you read chinas statement after their talks? Read between the lines of what they’re saying. They’re not selling.

Mr_Doubtful

For anyone wondering, the control will partly go to Larry Ellison a billionaire, who is one of the top donors to Conservative Solutions PAC.

A part of the Stargate project

And someone who wants to create a surveillance state using AI as the backbone, with him saying quotes like this *"Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on.”*

I won't touch his personal issues such as being a womanizer and ruthless because they aren't as pertinent of an issue as whats being discussed.

TheWolrdsonFire

You thought the algorithm was bad before, it’s gong to be even more of a flood of right wing hate and racism now.

Dulse_eater

Control of the media is essential to their plan. 

forcedfx

"Soon" meaning not yet. "White House says" meaning the source of this info is Trump.


Sounds to me like a "healthcare plan in 2 weeks" situation.

Akuuntus

Because the US needs another fascist / Nazi app!

UniqueSteve

&gt; Reports have suggested U.S. users would have to move to a newly built app, running a new version of the existing algorithm built by TikTok's engineers.

New algorithm: All positive content about Trump, all the time. MAGA Douyin.

rnilf

amakai

Stilgar314

Sir-Hingus

So no more anti-zionist content, fewer eyeballs in the USA seeing Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza and elsewhere, more propaganda

Not particularly different in nature to what the CCP does within China itself

Lie-Straight

China should maintain control over THEIR app THEY made, is it still a security risk, yes? OUR GOVERNMENT should not have control over this, similiar to Trump taking away free speech.

  
If, there was a US body that handled corruption instead, pervasive advertising, general misinformation, corruption from the rich and our enemies; Yes, that is seperate from Trump/The Government owning TikTok. China should keep control of the app and it is the US fault for not having any actor or body of government, that stopped all this brain rot. The US never cared for moderation in the first place, just control.

  
Fuck Trump and Republicans, Republicans who for years did not vote for any change to fix our issues. They did not even allow change and stopped everyone else

Jaded_Rock_1332

Look I know I'm only one guy shouting into the abyss of the Internet.... But you can get fucked if you think I'm going to lose access to Tiktok and then download another app that is explicitly Trump-administration approved. 

Reels already does most of what tiktok does and that's trash too, but at least it's not going to immediately be loaded with us right wing propaganda.

Enderkr

They sure do like Socialism when it comes to things that benefit them

rigidlynuanced1

CadeMan011

Feel like this isn’t gonna go the way they think it will, and I can see the app slowly dying in the US as people move to a different one

flirtmcdudes

elliotbonsall

I already don’t use TikTok and don’t let my kids use it

I don’t understand why people are so addicted to it.  

factoid_

Get ready for TrumpTok.  

24/7 MAGA bullshit

rysker6

As far as I was tracking is that they are selling the app name/user base but all of the important shit still belongs to China so we need to recreate the app.  We get no visibility into what china has been doing with tiktok so this is essentially worthless to the American people.

Gumb1i

"Soon"

"White House says"

"Karoline Leavitt"

Anyone who has ever paid attention to this administration knows that literally nothing was agreed and China laughed at the proposed "deal".

x86_64_

Oh i get it, you aren’t mad that China is possibly using an app to drive a political agenda, you’re mad they do it better than you.

Orgasmic_interlude

As you see it was never about China stealing your data, all about controlling the algorithm.

Sapling-074

The billionaires trying to control content….

No-Term2329

Brought to you by Russia lite. Now in new traitorous American flavor! Limited time offer. Only available while supplies last.

10v1

Tik Tok is already folding to the right. Left wing creators are being banned every day. If some agreement goes thru with proposed buyers, the app will turn into a full right wing propaganda machine.

groundhog5886

Oh no what will people do without their brainrot app

Btw I don't agree the US should own any part of this

noodle-face

US will get an algorithm. There’s a 10000% chance Trump and oracle are getting scammed

Oceanbreeze871

mach4UK

ryuujinusa

I feel like we need to get children off this app immediately?

No_Statistician9289

Under a reasonable administration this would be good news. Under this administration TikTok is going the be a surveillance tool specifically aimed at censoring science, statistics, and generally information as a whole.

Entrefut

shon122

Single_Job_6358

‘White House says’ Like their statements hold any water.

Mars_W_BOI

big-papito

J_JN_L

More propaganda for the world and all the idiots who choose to have it installed.

TheUnwiseFox

And Americans are still claiming they're free.

Dicethrower

Not to massively overstate the obvious, but don't use the app

TheGreatStories

"Authoritarian control is bad, unless it's *our* authoritarians who are in control".

kent_eh

So, there is no deal, and its not going to be signed soon, and the "US" is not going to control the algorithm...Got it.

Raspberries-Are-Evil

Daimakku1

I deleted my account yesterday. I’d rather the Chinese have my data at this stage. Plus not in to state proganda. Reddit is all I have left.

bridgidsbollix

No it includes oligarch Republican in control of what you see, hear and think . These are not Americans, not really, they are Republicans first and only,m
TickTok folks ought to run now. If you are not Maga, your ability to monetize your posts will be cut off. And if you dare criticize the dictator and his oligarchs, you likely will “disappear”.

bakeacake45

Mysterious_Bit_5385

The result of geriatric politicians is not regs on algos that were all addicted to, and to the detriment of society at large 

Sometimes in moments of despair I welcome our pending AI overlords

lostboy005

Different-Rough-7914

This new TikTok USA app will be just another addition to the many apps shoving right wing ideology into peoples faces. Aka propaganda. Trump might as well install speakers in big cities and blast his rhetoric around too.

bwoah07_gp2

They said earlier last week that this plus a trade deal would drop on Friday. Sunday is after Friday last I checked

RiseStock

Trump will probably pick someone who can't turn a computer on to oversee this project...

thatguyfromfrance

They'll call it "Truth Tok" and everyone will delete it after a week.

That_Jicama2024

Transki

Our government has spent a lot of time on this, did they mention soybeans during the discussions?

Windycityunicycle

jotro138

I really never thought we would be this close to a V for Vendetta ass America, but here we are

OohKillEmmm

And who in the US will be in control of that algorithm?

kdeweb24

The White House controls the algorithm should be the headline

steeezyyg

This whole thing was a terrible overreach when the Biden admin introduced it, and it’s terrible overreach now.

You don’t get to just commandeer a private company.

WingZeroCoder

vito0117

So MAGA propaganda instead of Chinese propaganda? Great 😦

Niceguy955

Sucks to be a young person in the USA now and especially in the very near future. What sucks, REALLY sucks, is if that young person doesn't have an education that's AI proof, smokes, drinks, vapes, drug use, tats, debt, has a kid or kids through unplanned casual sex that are super-duper expensive and time-consuming. I mean, the US housing market is insane, food costs, and a political future that will only make the bad now, become much worse in the future .... I mean, Jesus ... fcking ...... Christ.

Hope some of you can find a way to navigate the life ahead of you which includes, not having kids, taking on any real debt, and getting an education that is AI proof. Oh yeah, and avoid those costly vices that you think are cool, but really aren't and just end up costing you tons of money and distracting you from life.

PunkAssKidz

Aren’t there other apps people could use?

I don’t use truth social, x, Facebook or TikTok.

Perhaps bluesky could add video features.

SolarNachoes

very clearly sounds like a trump propaganda machine.

his_and_his

So TikTok will be controlled by the fascist MAGA regime! Got it!!

CancelOk9776

The last thing we need is another right propaganda machine

mrcsjmswltn

All hail to the latest channel to join the most gloryful united state of America party and its most gloryful new funding father the most convicted felon pedonald taco

tiita

baldycoot

If the government can’t control facebook or google algorithms , do they really want us to believe that the socialist party of china will give any control to anyone

Harold_H_R

Ask yourselves why the government doesn’t want you knowing how good, as citizens, we could have it if they worked for US. 

This is literally authoritarian and fascist behavior.

Everyone needs to be talking to their friends, family, and neighbors. None of this is okay and this all comes from someone who has never had TikTok.

PizzaMyHole

"Mexico will pay for the wall", White House says

iissmarter

It’s so funny that this is even a situation. Delete TikTok? Maybe?

Mountain-Practice-26

The government got control of the propaganda machine

oOoleveloOo

Oh cool, a government controlled social media platform. I'm sure that'll result in a positive outcome for the average person...

glizzytwister

US control of data would've been the ideal outcome. Giving this administration control of the algorithm is the worst thing ever.

xtootse

God I'm glad i left TikTok when i did, no one believed me when i said this was coming.

Skar___TheBear

Would be funny if everyone ditched tiktok and they waste all their money.

Lazer_Kellinski

Welp, time to delete TikTok. Don’t want this administration’s algorithm near me. Yuck.

lab7019

Maybe when Trump meets with Xi, Xi can explain the benefits of using a social media platform to rank citizens according to how many nice things they say about the regime. Or how social media platform rankings could’ve used to determine if someone gets fired from their job, or promoted, or investigated, or audited.

OR,

Even cooler, imagine if we just streamlined and DOGE’d our procedures and used Tic Toc to determine the outcomes of our elections? Wouldn’t that be fun?

Orwells_Roses

Don't watch tic toc and won't change after this

oldfuckbob

Fast_Paper_6097

TrumpTok is here. Will the kids run away to the next place or will they stay?

_Sai

All hail the new app, TikTok sponsored by Turning Point USA.

TrickMathematician31

Good. Kill it. I fucking hate tik tok culture.

crunchiesaregoodfood

Rhoeri

So, the US will get one app, the rest of the world a different one? Seems like there will be a lot more to unpack from that kinda throw away line...

m00nh34d

Tiktok are getting paid to exit the US market, while Oracle gets to use their name to set up a new app that nobody will use

Art of the deal

cafuvola

Soooo... US is getting a dedicated social media app controller by the government (at least partially). Where have I seen that...

Also, Oracle 🤮

AkodoRyu

So TikTok in the US will be fully controlled by Trump allies.

JessumB

&gt; including a US gov member


Lol. So a propaganda minister just like companies in Gyna?


US is so cooked 

Cold_Specialist_3656

Ellison and his kids already bought CBS and Paramount. They're in the process of buying CNN and Warner Bros. Now Tik Tok. All or our media will be controlled by a few people.

Shit_Bird33

I guess TikTok is now US state controlled communication and media. They really are copying China.

Prematurid

ARobertNotABob

Oracle’s share price boomed recently. 

Feels a smidge like insider trading. 

hraun

A US gov member??? Isn’t this just as bad, if not worse, than the screaming about China’s govt having access to user data?

Sea-Flow-3437

This is going to fail because of the new app requirement.

Lyion

lol  new app.  there goes the user base and value

Angryceo

There's no way users switch over. These influencers with millions of followers are going to revolt when they have to start over.

oakfan05

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