Nothing says sturdy nationwide safety hygiene like letting “information assortment” and “affect operations” fester! There was a giant hubbub in regards to the menace that TikTok posed to the American public. A Singaporean nationwide acquired hounded over his alleged connections to China and the dance app went darkish shy of 24 hours, however that’s been the one actual public push in opposition to TikTok that we’ve seen for some time now. The invoice that intends to ban TikTok and comparable apps from overseas nations continues to be in play, however presidential deadline extensions are holding everybody from making that closing step to getting a VPN and migrating over to Xiaohongshu. CBS News has protection:
President Trump has as soon as once more delayed the enforcement of a bipartisan regulation that might successfully ban TikTok within the U.S. A deal to separate TikTok from its China-based father or mother firm, ByteDance, has remained elusive.
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“As he has mentioned many instances, President Trump doesn’t need TikTok to go darkish. This extension will final 90 days, which the Administration will spend working to make sure this deal is closed in order that the American individuals can proceed to make use of TikTok with the peace of mind that their information is secure and safe,” Leavitt mentioned in an announcement.
I’m a agency believer that the common individual has no purpose to fret about China stealing their information through TikTok — they’d have a better job of simply shopping for the intel straight from Palantir. Or Elon Musk. Or Facebook. Or Google.
Take pleasure in your subsequent 90 days of TikToking! Except tomorrow comes and Trump decides to not prolong the deadline final minute. He’s flip flopped on worse things, in any case.
Trump To Sign Order Extending TikTok Deadline Another 90 days, White House Says [CBS News]
Earlier: TikTok Could Be Back Up On The Chopping Block Soon
Chris Williams turned a social media supervisor and assistant editor for Above the Regulation in June 2021. Previous to becoming a member of the workers, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ within the Fb group Regulation Faculty Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri lengthy sufficient to graduate from Washington College in St. Louis Faculty of Regulation. He’s a former boatbuilder who’s studying to swim, is concerned with vital race principle, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for biking that sometimes annoys his friends. You possibly can attain him by e mail at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
