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The act will shutter one of America’s most popular speech platforms the day before a presidential inauguration,
TikTok wrote
Even if the U.S. bans TikTok specifically, Bytedance — the parent company — is already migrating users to a competing very similar app that it also owns called Lemon8,
Josh Constine of the venture capital firm SignalFire told CNNCongress wrote this law to be virtually president-proof,
warned Adam Kovacevich, chief executive of the industry trade group Chamber of Progress
Most political issues never touch people’s daily lives—but 170 million Americans just had their favorite social media platform taken away from them. And Trump is going to position himself as the savior.”
He tweeted
Congratulations, Democrats. This could’ve been avoided had you listened to progressives last year when this bill was being forced through Congress.”
Former Ohio state senator and Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner tweetedSorry, TikTok isn't available right now ... In the meantime, you can still log in to download your data."
Tapping the "learn more" prompt redirects users to TikTok's website where the statement reappears under the title
First Vine now TikTok those were the two best video platforms ever and now they're gone."
A third user shared their disappointment, statingA law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned,
a message to users attempting to use the app said
I’d drop-ship my DNA to the front door of the Chinese Communist party before I watch an Instagram Reel.”
As one user put itOn behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users across the country, I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,
he said in a video posted to TikTokA law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.,
the message continued
We see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions in the next few days before the Trump administration takes office on Monday,
press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement
I didn’t really think that they would cut off TikTok. Now I’m sad and I miss the friends I made there. Hoping it all comes back in just a few days,
wrote @RavenclawJediChina will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests,
a spokesperson saidThe 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it's appropriate,
Trump told NBCThis is my new home now,
wrote one user in a RedNote post, tagged with the words "tiktokrefugee" and "sad."