Mr Core ·
As expected, TikTok has shut down in the United States as the divest-or-ban law takes effect: “TikTok has gone dark across the United States following the enforcement of a contentious ban-or-divest law passed last year.
The app, used by an estimated 170 million Americans, has been removed from both Apple and Google app stores, rendered inaccessible on the web, and now blocks users from viewing videos in its app.”
This was expected because when a parliament passes a legislation, to fix a “national security issue ” as a reason, and the president appends his or her signature, making it law of the land, it is a done-deal, and nothing will change the implementation as on this matter, unless one returns to the parliament to abolish the law.
The TikTok excursion to the Supreme Court was a waste of time as there is no justice in the world that will overrule a parliament, and president, on a direct matter that involves national security with a foreign adversary.
And President Trump cannot even help TikTok because he does not have the power. And him doing that via an executive order will be unprecedented since he is basically saying that the Congress and the Supreme Court are useless.
Then the big one: what legacy would he leave if in future, TikTok becomes a weak point against America, if there is a problem between China and America? In other words, why would he spend political capital on this matter knowing that he is against national security?
As TikTok fades in America with thousands getting pink slips of lost jobs, America and President Biden have unveiled Broken Web 3.0 which makes it easy for any country to kick any website, app or portal out.
Expect Facebook, Instagram, X, etc to suddenly go offline in some places as the template has been approved in the United States of America on how to make a social media ecosystem go dark. And when those actions begin, the players can point to a precedent that even the great America has shown that it is indeed a way to live in the 21st century.
It is important to note that China will allow Facebook, Instagram, etc, to operate in China provided Facebook, etc, will host, and keep all data in China, and follow its local censorship rules, even as they own the companies from America.
Facebook and cousins do not want to do those. That differs from the TikTok USA case as the company is open to follow ALL ORDINANCES (local hosting, data, censorship, etc) except losing ownership of the company!
The web has changed because of this!
