AIBU to think TikTok should be banned in the UK too?

Many Americans believe they are the world’s most free people. Tik tok is a problem because it allowed Americans to genuinely talk freely about their country and it wasn’t always good stuff. It had to be stopped before certain views and ideas spread.

They will find an American based owner, one of those ones who’ve been being the knee at Mar-a-largo. This person will change algorithms so none of the ‘anti-American’ stuff is shown, the brain rot content will remain and then quickly content promoting culture wars, misogyny and racism will be promoted.

I’m still to hear of anything positive coming out of people having TikTok

I’ve found some very interesting content on TikTok. Like anything, it depends on the user.

There’s plenty of scope for other social
media sites like mumsnet to rot one’s mind. Again - depends on the user.

@SemperIdem
But the algorithm is self made so really tells you quite a lot about a person

When I go on TikTok it plays more and more cheese - I got Russ Abbot's Atmosphere and Chas and Dave last time 😂❤️

Anyone scared of TT, sign up and watch Aussie Fidan cutting up her marvellous massive salad “don’t worry about it”.

failing that, search MilotheChonk cat and thank me later.

The algorithms are designed to get you addicted to scrolling by showing you exactly what you want to see in little snippets that hook you in. Absolutely poisonous for young minds.

Instagram reels work in exactly the same way now. I wouldn’t let my teen near either platform.

Would love to see it gone. Be a first nail in the coffin for many grifters aka influences hawking tat to people direct from China oh and all the stupid trends making people act thick as fuck for views.

What we need is more government controls on what we can see and do in our lives.
It always, ALWAYS, works out for the best.

Please Mr Starmer ban everything and tell us how to think and feel.

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By the by... I'd someone has a kid who is obsessed with tiktok.. turn the fucking thing off, take the thing away, bin it, burn it, learn that a kid crying, being upset, being bored, ot having a phone.. will not kill them..

What's it got to do with the Opium Wars?

I was on it briefly, but there was so much guff to swipe through I gave up. Instagram is going the same way, tbh.

She comes up on mine!

It's hilarious and I love it so sod off.

So much ignorance displayed on this thread 🫣 along with people admitting they can't parent their children properly.

My daughter joined during one of the lockdowns (on my phone). She used it for baking and craft ideas. I never saw anything toxic on it. It reflects your interests.

The creators use the platform to share the aforementioned mind rotting content. So, whilst they are also to blame, it really is the fault of the platform due to the absolute shite it promotes and encourages.

Mine is full of historians, recipes, comedians , cats and the odd weird thing. I think if you have any cognitive thinking skills you are fine. It shouldn’t be seen by young children though.

Edit I forgot dumpster diving and racoons, I will miss the American raccoon clips.

I am a BIG fan of Jasper the Doll

The US are only going to ban TikTok if they can't buy it from the Chinese - they apparently have until the end of Sunday. It may well get sold to them.

I’d support a stringent ban for under 16s of all social media. Terrible for self esteem, brain development, friendships, almost everything really! I’m not sure it’s reasonable to dictate or ban what an adult spends their time on though, if someone with a fully developed brain wants to scroll TikTok who am I or anyone else to stop them!

Mine is full of cruises, travel, make up and a fabulous lady called Fiona who does Wild Camping.

Mine is dominated by fish keeping videos (Amy and the wet pets is to blame entirely for that), drawing/craft tutorials, musical theatre and animal videos.

I'm more at risk of buying a giant fish tank and trying to raise box fish or cow fish than I am of doing dangerous challenges or harming other people.

It's banned in the US because of their blatant racism towards the Chinese.

Noooo, I love tiktok! I'm especially enjoying the Red Note/CEO drama.

Loads of Tiktok users have migrated over to Red Note, a Chinese owned video sharing app. One Chinese user posted a welcome video to American 'tiktok refugees' giving them a warm welcome and sharing a few tips on how to use the app. For some reason, tiktok users just collectively decided this guy was the CEO of Red Note. Fox News even reported the story! Turns out he was just a random guy that lives in Canada 😂

There’s no difference between TikTok / Insta / Snapchat / YouTube.

If yoy object to one you should object to them all.