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What was the "Trump exception"? Banning videos that were supportive of him?

On a separate note, "the bigger they are, the harder they fall":

Remember AOL in the '90s (unless you're under 35)?

And how powerful was the social networking site, MySpace? -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwG3P5ob-nk

And at that same time, how big was Blogger and even blogging itself?

And as for Almighty Facebook/Instagram dominance among teenagers and 20-somethings:

> [TikTok] was also the most-downloaded app on Apple's App Store in 2018 and 2019, surpassing Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.[68][71]

> Cloudflare ranked TikTok the most popular website of 2021, surpassing Google.[8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok

And most recently:

1. TikTok – 825 million [downloads in 2024]

https://www.designrush.com/agency/mobile-app-design-developm...



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