TikTok users with stigmatized interests or marginalized identities express anxiety over its potential ban, as rebuilding their communities elsewhere may be hard
This week's TikTok news came with a strong feeling of déjà vu. Ayomide Sadiq / TalkAndroid.com : TikTok Has 9 Months To Be Reborn As A Separate US Entity Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends : Forget about the TikTok ban; now the U.S. might ban DJI C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US Joseph Allen / Distractify : Soulja Boy Has Offered to Buy TikTok to Avoid Looming U.S. Ban Luke Anami / The East African : US says looming Tiktok ban won't change relations with China as Kenya weighs in Mastodon: Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social : Communities matter. (Gift link). — They found safe spaces on TikTok. A ban could devastate their communities. https://wapo.st/3vYgRMU