Clock's not ticking for TikTok

If the United States was so paranoid that China would be able to access so-called personal information from Americans through the social media platform, TikTok, why couldn't this suspected intelligence be used to solve cybercrimes and stop other potential threats, or was it just a matter of control and censoring?

- Marizka Coetzer

This week, the world stood by and watched in anticipation how the popular app TikTok was banned from the US—but only for a few hours before new American president Donald Trump jumped in and saved the day to restore the app for the Americans.

Because Trump, or something he said, or did, or danced went viral multiple times on social media last year, one could argue it contributed to his popularity and ultimately winning the elections.

Whether it was the alternating air punches to the sounds of the YMCA or making ridiculous claims of foreigners eating the pets in Springfield, who knows?

“They are eating the dogs and eating the cats in Springfield,” was one of many Trump’s related sounds used and seen on TikTok.