With TikTok now formally banned in the US, hundreds of thousands of customers — together with the platform’s largest influencers are reeling. Many creators took to different social media platforms to share their reactions, mixing humor, frustration, and disbelief.
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Magnificence influencer James Charles went on Instagram in dramatic style, admitting he was already feeling the loss saying, “I don’t know what to do! I’ve already opened and closed the app 6 occasions already simply to maintain getting the identical warning message.” He later confessed, “Now I’m rooting for Trump?! Ew! God, like Make America f**king Nice once more I assume. God!”
On Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump posted on his Fact Social account, “SAVE TIKTOK!” and stated he’ll “problem an govt order on Monday to increase the time period earlier than the legislation’s prohibitions take impact, in order that we will make a deal to guard our nationwide safety. The order may also verify that there might be no legal responsibility for any firm that helped maintain TikTok from going darkish earlier than my order.”
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In the meantime, Alix Earle leaned into humor, posting an Instagram Story of herself lounging in mattress with a glass of wine, writing, “Thank god for this wine proper now. I want this was a joke, however I sat right here and laughed as a result of I’m simply sitting and sippin.”
TikTok famous person Charli D’Amelio additionally took the information in stride, sharing a cheeky video to Instagram saying, “Hey reels, how we doin?” The publish, referencing Instagram’s different to TikTok.
As influencers scramble to adapt to the main shift, one factor is definite … their creativity and humor will maintain them thriving, even because the platform that launched their careers faces an unsure future.
