TikTok went dark today in the U.S., but it could be back soon, reports Madison Malone Kircher the New York Times. The Supreme Court upheld a law that requires ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to sell the app to a U.S. owner or shut down today. Incoming President Donald Trump says he'll "mostly likely" give the company another 90 days, though technically he's not the president till Monday.
Some of TikTok's 170 million users have switched to a new Chinese video platform called RedNote, writes Kircher. (Can only the Chinese figure out how to run dance videos?)
"Gen Z stayed upset about the ban for 4.3 seconds, which is the maximum amount of time they can focus on anything thanks to TikTok," reported The Babylon Bee, a humor site.
"I'm furious. I'm outraged about this. I'm — hey look! Nintendo Switch 2 is coming out!" said Mavryyck Dixon, a former Gen Z TikTok user.
"I asked 10 kids about it this morning, and they couldn't even remember what TikTok was," said millennial social media expert Ryan Tharknerb. "Ohhhh CRAP! Elon just caught another rocket booster out of the air! Sweeeet!"
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