The (possibly temporary) TikTok ban is underway, with users of the social media app reporting they're unable to access the site at all. There's a 90-day reprieve that will presumably start when Donald Trump takes office.

Personally, this writer has never used TikTok and has forbidden her children from downloading the app. The Chinese data collection issue is less her concern (because our data is probably everywhere anyway) than the propaganda, which she believes is a psyop on America.

In the wake of the ban, there are reports that kids and teens are calling 911 about TikTok going dark, kinda proving this writer's point.

Don't do this.

911 is for legitimate emergencies only.

This is how addicts act when they withdraw.

It's not healthy.

That's one perspective.

This made us laugh.

Ah, Vine. 

The good old days.

Yes it is.

And the Chinese know it.

This.

Which is why there need to be consequences for this.

Yeah. They're kind of proving why a ban is necessary.