Gen Z is protesting the TikTok ban in the most unhinged way

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“Long live China, n*gga. Long live Xi Jinping, n*gga!”

This is how one influencer responded to the looming TikTok ban in a viral video with more than 8 million views. While perhaps unique in its eloquence, this reaction was sadly par for the course for how many members of Generation Z and TikTok users are handling their favored platform’s possible deletion.

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