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Chrissy Teigen she came up with a plan to change the way we all interact with social media—herself included.
In a series of videos shared on Saturday, January 18, Teigen, 39, discussed the drama surrounding the recent TikTok ban.
“Let’s talk about TikTok.” Everyone is angry. “OMG it’s going to be off,” the social media star said via Instagram. “He’s on hiatus for now. It will come back.”
In the following video, the model suggested that the government shut down social media from 6pm to 6am every day. “I come from a time when we had nothing and then we saw something,” she explained, referring to all social media apps in general.
Kylie Kelce, like Me, isn’t quite ready to give up on TikTok in light of a potential government ban. “There’s something that’s been weighing heavily on me the last few days,” Kelce, 32, said on the Thursday, Jan. 16, episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “Looks like my favorite app TikTok might (…)
“Guys, life has been great,” she continued. “Before that, life was wonderful. I know it’s hard to see right now, but it can be done. It is very doable. This doesn’t have to be our lives.”
“And I’m saying that for myself because — of course — I’m here (social media) right now doing it,” she continued. “But it doesn’t have to define us or be our whole life.
Teigen’s videos were posted hours after TikTok went “dark” ahead of a nationwide ban that was set to begin on Sunday, January 19. Users in the United States who tried to open the app were met with a message that read: “Sorry, TikTok is not available right now. A law has been enacted in the US to ban TikTok. Unfortunately, this means you can’t use TikTok yet.”
Service resumed in the US on Sunday, January 19. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” TikTok explained in a statement shared via social media.
“We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will not face any penalties for providing TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and allowing more than 7 million small businesses to grow,” the statement continued. “It’s a strong stance on the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that will keep TikTok in the United States.
The app stopped working for users in the United States a few hours before midnight the following day. Many celebrities spoke out about the ban before and during the hours during the outage.
Singer Kesha as a joke she reminded her followers that her 2010 hit single “Tik Tok” will always be available to them regardless of what happened to the app of the same name. In a video shared on Instagram on Saturday, the singer wore a black hoodie and closed her eyes while playing part of her 2010 hit. Over the video, she wrote: “TikTok may be temporary but TiK ToK is forever,” adding a peace sign and a black heart emoji . The song was an instant hit when it debuted, spending nine weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
