Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport celebrated the shutdown of Chinese-owned social media outlet TikTok, which went dark on Sunday following a ban put in place by an act of Congress.
TikTok went dark on Sunday following a ban enacted by Congress and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday. As a result, the site told users on Sunday that it would be shutting down in compliance, but also said it was willing to work with Donald Trump to resolve the issue.
For Rapaport, TikTok's seeming demise was all good news.
of prison break The actor took to his account on Sunday to celebrate TikTok's shutdown, calling the China-related site a “dump.”
“Say what you want about Elon and Zuckerberg, at least we know where to find it,” he said in the caption.
“TikTok, again,” he says emphatically in the video.
“TikToker, you did it to yourself,” he added.
“You can say what you want about Elon Musk, you can say what you want about Elon Musk.” [Mark] Mr. Zuckerberg,” he continued, “at least we have a face,” he said of X and the owner of Facebook.
“At least we have someone to complain to and we can tweet and DM and wax our faces and scream and yell, but we don't know who's running this platform. do not have” [TikTok]. This platform is dirty. This platform is biased. This place is almost like soft porn. ”
“I saw something outrageous on TikTok. TikTok, you did it to yourself, you did it to yourself, TikTokers!” he exclaimed.
“Say what you want about Facebook, Instagram, X, Whatsapp, Snapchat, but at least we know who's running the collective,” he explained. “We don’t know who the heck is doing on TikTok, and it’s vile, anti-Semitic, anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, soft porn, boobs and butts, weirdos every five seconds, creepy , creepy dick suckers, goodbye TikTok, what you've done to yourself, if this is a sign off, goodbye. You know where to find me, I'm on Instagram and X and Facebook. .”
“See you soon, you assholes,” he finished with a big grin.
However, Rapaport's glee may have been a little premature. That's because TikTok started a few hours after it was shut down. restore The service comes as President-elect Donald Trump vows to issue social media-friendly executive orders after taking office.
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