SNL pokes fun at typical TikTok user’s reaction to app being banned in US ‘I don’t remember how to live without it,’ comedian Michael Longfellow quipped.
After an opening monologue from host Dave Chappelle that saw him tell Trump “remember, whether people voted for you or not, they’re all counting on you”, SNL addressed a raft of other subjects, including the LA wildfires and the looming TikTok ban over alleged threats to national security.
Backers of the law argue that ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, gives the Chinese government a potential backdoor into the private information of its US users and a powerful covert propaganda tool.
The US sketch show aired on Saturday (18 January) around the same time American users received a message reading: “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now.
Saturday Night Live poked fun at the TikTok ban as the app went dark in the US.
