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PeopleTikTok Has Shut Down in the U.S. — and Users Have Thoughts: Here are Some of the Best Reactions
After a federal ban took effect preventing Americans from using TikTok, thousands posted on X and other platforms to share their (often hilarious) reactions
- Reuters Videos
TikTok content creators share their anxiety over the app's looming ban
STORY: :: Anxious TikTok creators share their frustration as a ban on the app looms in the U.S.:: January 17, 2025:: Mankato, Minnesota :: Dustin Tyler, TikTok content creator"I'm very upset, sad, angry, many emotions. And it's going to affect me tremendously. I mean, this is my main platform is TikTok. I have other platforms that I monetize, but nothing monetizes quite like TikTok.”“It's my sole income. It's literally my sole income. So it's essentially getting fired from your career, you know? So, yeah, it's detrimental to me.":: Dustin Tyler @omfgitsdustintyler:: Saline, Michigan:: Derick Castenholz, TikTok content creator“I've put a lot of years and effort into this, which is, you know, kind of a bummer that you spend this much time on something and then it's just taken away from you. But primarily it's the effect on my business as a small business. I'm not monetized on TikTok. I have more of a reach when I'm not monetized, but I do get brand deals and I do reach just so many potential clients for my DJ business. I would say that TikTok is responsible for probably 20% of my income.":: Derrick Castenholz @djdcproductions:: Pecatonica, Illinois:: Hayden Rankin, TikTok content creator “It's foolish for any small business to build one sales channel. And so we knew this for a while that we're going to have to build out other forms of marketing and other, we're going to have to build out our following on other platforms.":: Hayden Rankin @niceshirtthanksIn Mankato, Minnesota, Dustin Tyler, is a live-streamer who pays his bills with the money he earns through the app and says it feels like he is being fired from his career as the app is his sole source of income. He did not want to disclose the money amount generated from his livestreams, and says that working a job outside of social media is not an option for him.In Saline, Michigan, DJ and content creator Derick Castenholz is feeling the weight of the situation as well. Castenholz’s TikTok career began with his viral “one note challenge,” where he plays a single note from a popular song and challenges fans to guess it. While he’s not monetized on the platform, TikTok has helped him gain brand deals and clients for his DJ business, which employs nine people.While Hayden Rankin from Pecatonica, Illinois owns the custom apparel business NiceShirtThanks. The company exploded in popularity after its first viral post.Rankin, who has already begun building a presence on other platforms, recognizes the necessity of adapting.The Supreme Court upheld on Friday (January 17) a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.The court's 9-0 decision throws the social media platform - and its 170 million American users - into limbo, and its fate in the hands of Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescue TikTok after returning to the presidency on Monday.
- The Telegraph
Italy’s playboy prince says he hired a prostitute to show him how to have sex
Prince Emanuele Filiberto, the grandson of Italy’s last king, has revealed how he hired a prostitute to teach him how to have sex with his first girlfriend.
- HuffPost
CNN Data Reporter Hits Joe Biden With A Harsh Truth In His Final Hours Of Office
"My goodness gracious," Harry Enten said of one particular polling detail on the outgoing president.
- Cinema Online
You're a millionaire: Netizens slam Edison Chen's plea for school reconstruction donations
The actor faces backlash for seeking public donations for daughter's school in affluent LA area
- The Daily Beast
Trump’s Meme Coin Immediately Crashes After Melania’s Cryptocurrency Launch
Incoming first lady Melania Trump has joined her husband in the crypto game, launching her own “meme coin” over the weekend. But just hours after the new digital currency went live Sunday, her husband’s suffered a precipitous crash of more than 40 percent, according to Forbes—leading many to connect Melania’s new project to the decline of her husband’s. Announcing the news on X Sunday evening, Melania posted a black-and-white photo of herself smiling with her hands clasped together and wrote, “T
- INSIDER
I traveled to Hong Kong for the first time. Here are 5 things that surprised me about its food, transportation, and efficiency.
When I told my family I was planning a trip to Hong Kong, they responded: "Why? Isn't Hong Kong similar to Singapore?"
- Evening Standard
Arne Slot praises Liverpool star who helped spark Darwin Nunez heroics: 'Don't forget him'
Uruguayan striker would not have struck his dramatic stoppage-time brace were it not for the impact of a fellow substitute
- The Telegraph
Arsenal can still win Premier League – here is why
Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Aston Villa on Saturday left them six points behind league leaders Liverpool, who still have a game in hand on Mikel Arteta’s side. It was a hugely disappointing night for the north Londoners, which resulted in many of their supporters fearing their title challenge is already over.
- Yahoo News Singapore
CPF’s Special Account closure boosts retirement payouts for seniors; Singapore to enhance cost of living support in 2025 Budget: Singapore live news
CPF announces Special Account closure for members aged 55 and above as the government pledges more aid for cost of living woes. Plus some of the biggest and fascinating news in Singapore and beyond.
- CNN
As first Israeli hostages are released, Hamas sends a message: It is far from being destroyed
Israel’s longest war has so far failed to destroy its main enemy, Hamas, which, despite suffering devastating losses, is framing the Gaza ceasefire agreement as a victory for itself – and a failure for Israel.
- Evening Standard
Ange Postecoglou under serious pressure as strange Spurs decision backfires in Everton nightmare
Postecoglou must take a significant share of the blame after needless system switch contributes to first-half horror show at Goodison Park
- CNN
Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead
The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication.
- HuffPost
This Architect Explained Why This One House Survived The LA Fires, And The Reasons Are Truly Fascinating
"A couple glass panels will require replacement. Otherwise fine."
- Hello!
Netflix viewers can't stop binge-watching this 'addictive' and 'crazy' thriller
The thriller series, Departure, is now on Netflix and has viewers hooked despite its initial mixed reviews.
- Fortune
Meet the 34-year-old engineer who quit his day job to transform a cave into a vacation rental—now it’s booked out a year in advance, raking in over $700,000 a year
“I don't think I ever want a 9-to-5 again," says Gingerich who is taking home over $350,000 yearly with Dunlap Hollow.
- Evening Standard
Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal make Osimhen move, Sesko latest; Chelsea agree Sarr deal; Man Utd in Dorgu talks
Gunners planning huge striker deal with one signing already agreed
- INSIDER
They quit their jobs 2 years ago and moved to Thailand to open a beach resort. Their new life is finally starting to slow down.
"Life just happens really fast, and we wanted to do something else before it was too late, physically and also mentally," Sabine, 51, told BI.
- The Telegraph
The chilling reality is Manchester United have yet to hit rock bottom
Manchester United were still known as Newton Heath and playing in only their second season in the Football League the last time they started a league campaign this badly at home. That was the 1893-94 season, 131 years ago, when they drew average crowds of just 8,000 at Bank Street, in Clayton, not far from where the Etihad Stadium now resides.
- The Daily Beast
Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Slams ‘Lady McBiden’ for Cruel Snub
The relationship between Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and the Biden family is so strained that the outgoing president and his wife did not check in on her after she broke her hip last month, enraging Pelosi’s family. The revelation in a Sunday Politico report reflects the ongoing feud between Joe Biden and Pelosi after she worked last summer to push him to drop out of the presidential election. Biden eventually withdrew, but it was not without some pointed anger at the former speaker. “We were f