For TikTok users, mourning, frustration and clinging to hope as TikTok ban looms

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The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban — with the nation's highest court upholding a law that's set to halt new downloads of the app starting Sunday. But many questions around what exactly this ban will look like, and whether it will actually be enforced, remain. (Video courtesy of Janette Ok, Tiffany Cianci, Associated Press)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/18/for-tik-tok-users-mourning-frustration-and-clinging-to-hope-as-tik-tok-ban-looms   Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Get to know me as we get ready together.

00:02My name is Jeanette. I've been making TikTok videos since 2019.

00:06I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

00:09I'm a full-time content creator. I have been for the last four years.

00:14I use TikTok to connect with my community,

00:18perform my business deals and brand deals and advertise.

00:22You guys, this is the CEO of TikTok!

00:26I am Joe!

00:27First off, I want to say that I'm thankful.

00:29I'm thankful for what TikTok has allowed me to do.

00:33Last year, I flew to Paris multiple times for the Olympics.

00:37With L'Oreal, TikTok has been able to give me opportunities

00:41that I never believed that I could experience in my lifetime.

00:46I am so disappointed to see the rulings go this way.

00:54As an American, I can't help but to question

00:58certain systems. I can't help but to question my faith

01:03and what I believe in the American system.

01:06I can't help but question those things.

01:14I'm confused. I'm disappointed.

01:18It's a beautiful app. It's brought so many people together.

01:20It's changed a lot of people's lives.

01:22And for it to just be taken away like that, it feels so not American.

01:31Breaking news from the Supreme Court.

01:32This morning, it is January 17th, Friday, 2025.

01:36And late last night, the Supreme Court updated their calendar

01:40to add an opinion to the docket this morning

01:42after earlier this week saying they would only have conferences.

01:45Yeah, I am a long-form educational content creator

01:49that educates the public about how they can better engage

01:52with their elected officials in Congress, in the House of Representatives,

01:56the presidency, and the regulatory agencies at the federal and state level.

02:00I also create long-form content that educates the public on the dangers

02:05that private equity poses in health care

02:08or corporate capture of our government might pose to the will of the people.

02:12Earlier this evening, President Trump made a move to save TikTok

02:15that has shocked apparently everyone in the world except me.

02:18When he had his attorneys file a brief in amicus,

02:21that is a friend of the court calling on the Supreme Court to help him save TikTok.

02:26Right now, I'm incredibly disappointed,

02:27not necessarily in our Supreme Court for doing their job,

02:30but truly in the elected officials that chose to fast-track a bill

02:35that was lobbied for by billionaires and special interest groups,

02:39not even pausing to hear the will of the American people.

02:41It's been heartbreaking to watch

02:44because they didn't ask small businesses what was going to happen to them,

02:47and they didn't make a plan for these families,

02:49these millions of Americans that are going to lose their livelihoods,

02:52for the hundreds of thousands of employees that are going to be laid off or let go.

02:55I believe that our elected officials failed the American people

02:58in failing to learn what TikTok actually meant to the American population.

03:02I think they're learning that now the hard way.

03:05They thought that it was an app where people spread cat videos and dances and goofed off.

03:10They equated it with Tide Pods and ridiculousness.

03:13In reality, it's an ecosystem that has created a huge portion of the American economy.

03:18It's created a place where 7 million small businesses thrive

03:21in ways that they're not able to thrive in any other economic

03:24social media system in the United States.

03:40you

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