Late-night hosts responded to potential ban on TikTok in the United States.
within the United States this week and the reaction has so far been extremely critical. Last night, late-night hosts weight in on the potential ban, with“I mean, just picture lying down in bed and then actually going to bed,” he quipped. “Apparently, Congress is scared that TikTok is spying on us. Then Alexa was like, ‘Yeah, TikTok. That’s the one who’s spying on you. Ban it. Ban it.'”
He added, “But TikTok is fighting back. Their CEO told users to call their representatives. Young people are like, ‘First we’re losing TikTok, now we have to make a phone call?”, Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the show by discussing the “devastating event” that could impact tens of millions of Americans. “I’m not talking about climate change or AI or diarrhea on planes,” he said.
He warned, “I don’t think we fully understand how crazy these kids are going to go if they kill TikTok.”, rotating host Desi Lydic recounted the news and detailed how TikTok is mobilizing young people to stand up against the bill. “That’s how you know this issue is important: It forced Gen Z to make their very first phone call,” Lydic said. “And you know Congressmen must have been pissed at teenagers blowing up their phones all day. I mean, well, Matt Gaetz didn’t mind.
Lawmakers have long sought to place restrictions on TikTok, accusing the app and its parent company ByteDance of exploiting American user data on behalf of the Chinese government. Many Republicans, often the fiercest critics of Chinese influence in the U.S., chose to vote against the bill following opposition from Trump. The former president unsuccessfully attempted to ban the app while in office.
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