"Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns..."
Surf influencers are waking up to a harsh reality, this morning, and possible financial destitution. In an expected-yet-surprising ruling, the United States Supreme Court has upheld a ban on the popular short-form video sharing service TikTok. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community,” the justices wrote in their unanimous opinion on the case, which was delivered Friday morning. “But Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary.”
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, will now have to sell the application or shutter it by January 19th.
Surf influencers who enjoy sharing changing tips, little beach dances and product reviews currently bereft, though maybe drawing some hope from incoming president Donald J. Trump who declared, “The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay tuned!”
But how much do you utilize TikTok in your daily surfing life? Are you a content creator, helping populate the platform with light-hearted fun? A consumer, scrolling through very fine Nic Von Rupp edits? Or a hater, spouting uninformed opinions about Gen-Z and their inability to grow up?
Your favorite anti-depressive surf website apparently has a TikTok that I completely forgot about.
RIP.
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Yeah great. Lets have ass-kissing wanna be surf culture journalists write fluff pieces about the very thing devouring surf culture and the planet at large(nice mega yacht, bruh…did you paddle into the break from there?). Back in the day a schmuck like this would’ve been laughed and then bitch slapped out of the break NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAD. You ain’t no surfer, zuch(in). You’re a rich tourist. GET OFF MY FUC@!N WAVE!
I don’t tiktok but I have head that there is a lot of journalism that happens outside the typical mainstream bubble, like stuff in Gaza etc which certain interests do not like. Hence the shut down.
Americans need to be protected from themselves not the Chinese.
Once, I gave a shit. Fleeting moment…..
Herr Don will overturn the Tik Tok ban…..2 reasons
1) tik Tok was favorable to him during the elections
2) Tik tok will buy herr don’s support as is everybody else!
Poonce ! meet scissor lift
now get up there and do some work !
If a Pipe is 8 foot what’s the over/under Filipe eats the same dish that poisoned him on the beach again? Tik Tok ….
Its on. Or more correctly its off. War games are here. Battleships. Real justice awaits the perpetrators of these turdish manoeuvres. I look forward to the deliverance and sentences to these fakirs.
The real fiends were the Tik Toks we made along the way.
Did we ever get a Kelly Slater rant on TikTok….i dont think so, wrong app was banned for that reason alone.
Surely short videos will be replaced tomorrow by YouTube or something?
what time to set the alarm? doomsday clock? or just another silly platform. what does kelly say? “Kalani…don’t use it, ever.”
Liam M on JOB is a good watch
WTF is TikTok? Another lame social media platform that’s easy to ignore. Some of us are so busy living full lives that we don’t have time to waste thus. BG and five minutes of FB a few times a week is more than enough social media for me.
You need to find 5 minutes for time on X as that is where the lazyAF degens really deliver a view of their worthless existence.
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I’d rather watch the trees in our yard grow.
Running a close second to that lot are YouTube commenters of live news stories.
Absolutely.
Fucking losers… get a life!
I rarely watch tbe news much less read it these days BUT I do appreciate the psychotic comments on all outlets especially FT.com, WSJ.com and now I’ll add YouTube to the list.
BUT none of the above match BG!
I guess that you’re making a joke, but YouTube has all the people who never, ever leave their home. The autists and the dummies. And the shit stirrers as well. Throw on Fox11 (L.A.) live coverage of the fires right now and read for one minute. You’ll become instantly dumber.
I generally read the comments for entertainment BUT on a rare occasion I learn something truly interesting.
I always find it comical when my MAGA father in law texts me Tik Tok video’s.
Send this to your FIL, it really upsets the devout MAGA
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Those are three very slapable faces.
Anyone and anything that contains the “surfer boy” statement is slapable.
Isn’t that the sound a once young surfers hears as they notice it is getting a little more difficult to get to their feet during a dawn patrol session at the local punchy beach break. TikTok TikTok TikTok. And then comes their first mid-length as a soft point sounds like the call for tomorrows late morning “surf”.
I don’t TikTok but this isn’t going to happen. President Elect Musk is against the ban.
Not sure that’s how it works…
Its not how its supposed to work but here we are.
The bribery is in the open now.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-ceo-plans-attend-trump-044345069.html
Stoked Trumps whole ass outdoor shit show on Monday is having to be moved inside.