To save you a click, the message displayed on TikTok reads:
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"Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now.
"A 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!"
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That last paragraph is 100% the language of authoritarian regimes.
"We are fortunate to have the Leader's personal attention!" — and he hasn't even taken office yet. Incredible.
Are they wrong? Tiktok being available again does depend on Trump and Trump alone.
It sounds like an authoritarian regime because it is one.
True, yet it’s still a jolt to see it laid so bare.
Public communications by corporations were like this in 1930s Germany and Italy, and more recently in 2020s Russia.