On January 19th, 2025, TikTok was suspected of withdrawing from American servers due to the prominent TikTok ban. Six Rangers distributed their opinions on the app's prohibition.
Javion Richardson, '25
What do you think about the impending TikTok Ban?: "I don't really care about it."
What app are you going to after it gets banned?: "I heard there's an app called like Redline. It's like the new TikTok basically."
Ryan Harris, '25
What do you think about the impending TikTok ban?: "I mean, it is good. I don't really care because I watch Instagram more."
What app are you going to after it gets banned?: "YouTube shorts."
Khloe Santos, '27
What do you think about the impending TikTok ban?: "I think it's really immature of them to ban something we all use and I think they should keep it because I use it every day. I use it to find information."
What app are you going to after it's banned?: "Probably Snapchat. I use that too."
Camila Esquivias, '28
What do you think of the impending TikTok ban?: "They shouldn't [ban the app] because I love TikTok and everyone loves to talk and do stuff on there."
What app are you going to after you get banned?: "Instagram reels, for sure."
Faith Hernandez, '27
What do you think about the impending TikTok ban?: "I honestly don't really care because I don't know."
What app are you going to after it gets banned?: "Instagram."
Cash Compean, '28
What do you think about the impending TikTok ban?: "I think it's not very good. I use TikTok a lot and I'm not going to be able to."
What app are you going to after it's banned?: "Google Giggles."
Haley Padilla
Haley Padilla, '28, is a first year Clubs & Lifestyles and News writer for the Gigantea. She looks forward to writing a variety of stories and connecting with new people.
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