‘Bored by all this drama’: TikTok users play it cool over latest US ban threat


As news of the Sept 20 ban on new users filtered through their social media, teens greeted it wearily but without the tears and the emotional outpouring expected of TikTok’s 100 million, mostly young fans. — Reuters

Look who is not freaking out.

Since July, TikTok users have braced for a threatened ban of the ultra-popular short-form video app in the United States, with some opening accounts on rival platforms and encouraging friends to do the same.

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