The situation has escalated again! TikTok CEO Zhou receives funding to visit US Congress! American netizens have strong reactions!

"Young people would go crazy without Tuke."

                                                ——Trump

The incident of the U.S. demanding ByteDance to divest Tuke within 165 days has dragged on until now, making many people clearly realize that its essence is a "political game."

Who are the parties involved in this game? Those who understand, understand. But some innocent "bystanders" have suffered, including but not limited to: American local businesses on Tuke, overseas businesses, U.S. users, and users from other countries.

As the parent company of Tuke, ByteDance certainly cannot allow itself to be slaughtered, so it quickly fought back: pushing pop-up messages to more than 170 million Tuke U.S. users, guiding them to call their congressional representatives to express support for Tuke.

At the same time, Tuke CEO Shou Zi Chew also took action, visiting the U.S. Congress for lobbying.

According to Punchbowl reporter John Bresnahan, Chew is more focused on the Senate rather than the House of Representatives. Andthe House will vote on the Tuke ban bill on March 13 (today). The voting result is currently unknown.

However, regardless of the voting result, it is certain that this kind of U.S. approach of"one-size-fits-all"has seriously harmed the rights and interests of Tuke's U.S. local businesses and users.

The Burning Anger from American Users

After Tuke set up a pop-up calling everyone to support by phone, a large number of Tuke U.S. users responded. Some people couldn't reachthe initiator Carter, so they calledother congressional representatives.

Reportedly, on March 7, each House office received on averagehundredsof calls from Tuke users, sometimes more than20 per minute.

Some offices even receivedover 1,000calls.

In response, Florida Congressman, Republican Neal Dunn said: "I have receivedover 900calls from Tuke users, many of whom are minors."

Image source: Tuke

"Stop a Tuke shutdown!!"

In addition to American users participating in countermeasures, many Tuke influencers have also posted videos demanding"Stop a Tuke shutdown!!", to stop the shutdown of Tuke.

Just from their expressions on the video covers, we can see that regarding the "Tuke shutdown" issue, everyone is both shocked and confused, and full of anger.

Such reactions are very understandable. Whether it's the influencers or Tuke's U.S. local businesses, their main source of income depends on Tuke.

Now Tuke faces the risk of being shut down. If it really happens, it will be a fatal blow to them! After all, when a person's main source of livelihood is cut off, no one can remain calm.

A Tuke creator with 1.7 million followers said:"I rely on Tuke to support my wife and three children. This is where I make a living and an important tool for maintaining my business."

Many other creators also said that many small business owners and artists have built audiences on Tuke,realizing their dream careers. For many people,Tuke has become their main channel for achieving financial stability.

Image source: Tuke

Meanwhile, discussions among American netizens about this issue have never stopped. Compared to the more reserved comments from Chinese netizens, American netizens are truly uninhibited!

Below are screenshots of some American netizens' comments in the "Stop Tuke shutdown" video comment section, featuringdaring to speak the truth!

Image source: Tuke

Currently, whether Tuke will actually be shut down in the U.S. is still undetermined. Tuke will continue to follow up on the subsequent developments.

In summary, I hope Tuke can withstand this "test," and that innocent creators and businesses can continue to start a new day of work on Tuke as usual, without being affected.