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PRESIDENT Donald Trump says he plans to officially ban TikTok in the US.

Trump made the announcement on Air Force One on Friday night as he returned from a trip to Florida.

“As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” the president told reporters.

Trump said he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order to enforce the action.

“I have that authority," he said aboard the presidential plane.

TikTok is a Chinese-owned video app that's become popular among Americans in the last two years or so.

Users on the app create, watch, and engage with videos that range from fun dance trends to beekeepers rescuing honeybees.

It was the world’s second most downloaded app in the third quarter of 2019, with an estimated 176 million downloads.

ProfessorDetective wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:46 pm Honestly, if there were one thing that could get the younger crowd to go out and vote him out of office...

clearspira wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:24 am

ProfessorDetective wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:46 pm Honestly, if there were one thing that could get the younger crowd to go out and vote him out of office...

I can guarantee you that the majority of people who uses Tik Tok to the point of its absence being an electoral point has never and will never vote for Donald Trump. The potential damage to him is low, meanwhile, China is now such a hot button topic that his potential gains among his own base are huge. Tik Tok is a security risk. India thinks so, many in the UK parliament thinks so, and now so does Trump. A stopped clock is right twice a day like it not.

As an aside, every election I hear something like this ''Ooh! don't underestimate the Millennials! Don't underestimate Gen Z!'' and you what? They still never vote! They cannot be arsed. They cry and cry and cry about issues and yet when it comes to actually putting a cross in a box they don't do anything. We had that recently here in the 2019 election with Jeremy Corbyn. Its Gen X and above that decide elections, and that is proven again and again.

clearspira wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:24 am As an aside, every election I hear something like this ''Ooh! don't underestimate the Millennials! Don't underestimate Gen Z!'' and you what? They still never vote! They cannot be arsed. They cry and cry and cry about issues and yet when it comes to actually putting a cross in a box they don't do anything. We had that recently here in the 2019 election with Jeremy Corbyn. Its Gen X and above that decide elections, and that is proven again and again.

Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:57 am

clearspira wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:24 am

ProfessorDetective wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:46 pm Honestly, if there were one thing that could get the younger crowd to go out and vote him out of office...

I can guarantee you that the majority of people who uses Tik Tok to the point of its absence being an electoral point has never and will never vote for Donald Trump. The potential damage to him is low, meanwhile, China is now such a hot button topic that his potential gains among his own base are huge. Tik Tok is a security risk. India thinks so, many in the UK parliament thinks so, and now so does Trump. A stopped clock is right twice a day like it not.

As an aside, every election I hear something like this ''Ooh! don't underestimate the Millennials! Don't underestimate Gen Z!'' and you what? They still never vote! They cannot be arsed. They cry and cry and cry about issues and yet when it comes to actually putting a cross in a box they don't do anything. We had that recently here in the 2019 election with Jeremy Corbyn. Its Gen X and above that decide elections, and that is proven again and again.

Millenials and gen z are big targets of voter suppression and gerrymandering.

Antiboyscout wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:37 pmThat's some high quality BS right there.

Not only do colleges and universities tend to act as polling places, they also have organizations that actively encourage students to register to vote.