• conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    American phones were geolocated and TikTok users were locked out of the platform until they called their members of Congress.

    Holy shit. Is that true?

    They should be banned today if that’s real.

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      8 months ago

      When contacted about those allegations by the BBC, TikTok provided the statement: “With regards to users being locked out of the app until they called, that is false. All users had two methods for dismissing the notifications.”

      Probably the usual hidden grey button “dismiss” over greyish background, just as Google, Microsoft and some other do.

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      8 months ago

      If it were true yeah. In reality they are just shitting themselves because people on TikTok are broadcasting the genocide funded by US tax dollars and literally using American made bombs

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          8 months ago

          Common fucking sense. There’s no technical mechanism they could use to lock you out of the app until they confirmed you made a phone call. How did all these grandpa’s get here?