১৯ জানুয়ারী, ২০২৫

I'm able to watch TikTok on my desktop computers using Safari (and Chrome).

And the embedded Rand Paul video from yesterday is displayed in the blog post, even on my phone, and it plays. Screenshot from the phone, made just now:


Is something changing or were browsers never shut off? I don't know.

AND: Here's an embed to watch:
@richblackguy TikTokers who downloaded RedNote. 🇨🇳 #tiktokban #rednote ♬ original sound - Rich
And here's something from Forbes to read: "TikTok Ban Live Updates: Trump Says He’ll Let TikTok Return Tomorrow—After App Shuts Down In US":
Trump announced he will sign an executive order Monday delaying the TikTok ban and called for the platform to be taken over by a joint venture with U.S. and current owners, also urging companies to prevent TikTok from “going dark” and vowing “no liability” for any tech firms that act before Monday (the law gives Trump the power to extend the ban for up to 90 days if ByteDance is making progress toward a sale). 

TikTok now greets users with a popup saying it is “working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible”—but the message no longer praises Trump for promising to “work with” the platform, after drawing some criticism.

UPDATE: TikTok is now working for me in the app on both my iPhone and my iPad. So I have to assume something happened already. 

১৬টি মন্তব্য:

Ice Nine বলেছেন...

Thank god - we were very worried about your well-being.

wild chicken বলেছেন...

I used to watch in browser but it kept pushing me to download the app.

Yesterday Kim komando said browser viewing would still be an option but like it was a fate worse than the ban itself. So I don't get it either.

wild chicken বলেছেন...

It doesn't run in Chrome now.

Original Mike বলেছেন...

Your embedded TikTocks still show up in Safari on my iPad.

I always access sites using a browser rather than their app. I don't want to load apps that I can't possibly know what they're doing. Perhaps I'm fooling myself, but I assume it's safer.

Leland বলেছেন...

I can see it now, but earlier this morning when I checked on the same iPad I’m using now, I got a message on their site saying they were down.

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

Yep, it wasn’t there earlier and now it is. That’s one powerful blog you got there.

Wince বলেছেন...

Seems to me TikTok content is running through the TikTok web portal like that of all other content providers.

Notably, the TikTok web portal no longer tries to force you to install the app after watching a video over the web if you want to watch more videos.

For those who did not wish to install the TikTok app, this increases their access to content on TikTok.

Smilin' Jack বলেছেন...

OMG I can see it too! Just when I started feeling secure, now the ChiComs are coming for me again! I guess I’ll have to go hide under the bed…but wait…what if they’re already there?! OMG!

Wince বলেছেন...

Question presented: Whether the TikTok app ban is a reasonable "time, place, manner" restriction, a content-neutral regulation of software installed on devices, not a restriction on the ability to express oneself over the Internet?

Original Mike বলেছেন...

"I used to watch in browser but it kept pushing me to download the app."

First clue that you don't want to download the app.
As Rand Paul says, "I don't like being told what to do."

Smilin' Jack বলেছেন...

Now the Paul video segues into a cool post from @richblackguy. Seems fully functional.

Lazarus বলেছেন...

You can also use a VPN and say you're in some other country if your hunger and thirst is unquenchable.

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

“ Now the Paul video segues into a cool post from @richblackguy. Seems fully functional.”

You are misinterpreting that. I did not embed the Rand Paul video again. I merely linked to it and I also have a screenshot of it there. The actual embedded video on the post is the cool post of which you speak. That was not TikTok advancing that video to you. That was me deliberately embedding that video.

Deep State Reformer বলেছেন...

I'm sure Chairman Xi appreciates Senator Paul's commitment to open inquiry, freedom of speech, and constitutional liberty. Huzzah! However Paul is still on the list for a firing squad if his re-education treatment doesn't work. Just saying...

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Perfect.

Narr বলেছেন...

So, it was all . . . just a dream.