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• @drewharwell.com Drew Harwell on bluesky

  I'm told TikTok's host (Oracle) and CDN (Akamai) brought it back online today because Trump assured them they'd not be subject to penalties - something he can't entirely promise.  —  Whatever one's feelings on the ban's merit, they're defying federal law based on a not-yet-presid…

• @noupside Renee DiResta on bluesky

  How will the sycophants reconcile this tension? #tiktok [images]

• @thefred @thefred on bluesky

  I am curious how Oracle and CDN intend to disclose to their shareholders that they assumed an $850 billion civil liability on the oral assurance of a private citizen who has already changed his mind once on this matter that it will not be collected by him or any future president.…

• @bobbyallyn Bobby Allyn on bluesky

  indeed, the “well-supported” national security risk SCOTUS cited is essentially a vote of confidence that Congress based its judgement on compelling evidence. but the “secret evidence” provided to lawmakers by intel community — and never seen by public or tiktok — was not part of…

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on bluesky

  Seems risky for corporations to take his works for it, given it is an act of congress.  [embedded post]

• @davidakaye David Kaye on bluesky

  is there a national security issue when it comes to tiktok?  yes, i agree there is.  is it so grave that it's necessary to ban the platform, no other option being available?  did congress and biden admin show it?  not in my view.  —  but anyway, wipe it all clean b/c trump says s…

• @davidakaye David Kaye on bluesky

  this whole tiktok mess is precisely why the courts should not defer to government national security claims - no matter how bipartisan - without the strictest scrutiny.  —  the events of the past day show just how hollow those claims were & how deference is judicial surrender to p…

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on bluesky

  This is exactly what progressives said would happen and yet Biden/the Democrats chose to champion this ban and make themselves the face of it bc they care more about passing authoritarian policies like a TikTok ban than listening to their own constituents (none of whom wanted thi…

• @mehdirhasan Mehdi Hasan on bluesky

  3 things about this message that greeted millions of Americans on TikTok today:  —  1) the shamelessness of Trump who just U-turned on his opposition to TikTok.  —  2) the shamelessness of these tech companies, sucking up to Trump.  —  3) the fecklessness of Biden who gave Trump …

• @socialmedialab.ca @socialmedialab.ca on bluesky

  In essence, all of TikTok's service providers are daring a future US government to fine them hundreds of billions of dollars.  —  With this action, tech firms now join banks as institutions that are apparently too big to fail.  Or so they think. bsky.app/profile/phil...  [embedde…

• @harrymccracken.com Harry McCracken on bluesky

  The sheer pointlessness and duplicity of this kabuki is mind-numbing. https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/ 24347280/tiktok-ban-shutdown-ends

• @ebakerwhite Emily Baker-White on bluesky

  This is a test to see which tech companies will bend (flout?) the law for Trump.  [embedded post]

• @markey.senate.gov Ed Markey on bluesky

  I'm glad TikTok is coming back online.  We need to keep it that way.  The platform is too important to the lives of 170 million creators.

• @proptermalone @proptermalone on bluesky

  want to be excruciatingly clear about this: TikTok didn't have to go dark last night and it didn't have to turn back on this morning.  —  both of those were voluntary moves that the law does not directly touch.

• @chancemiller.me Chance Miller on bluesky

  Also incredible, but not surprising, is that one reason Trump wants the app back online is so people can see videos of his inauguration:  —  “Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations.”  [embedded post]

• @mjsdc Mark Joseph Stern on bluesky

  TikTok is 100% violating federal law by coming back online today.  Trump cannot legally push back the ban's effective date ... and he isn't even president yet!  The company is taking a HUGE gamble that could trigger ruinous financial penalties.

• @davidpierce.xyz David Pierce on bluesky

  The main thing we all need to remember about the TikTok ban is how utterly stupid this whole thing has been [embedded post]

• @salvagni.org Jason D. Salvagni on bluesky

  This is the most transparent bootlicking obeisance I've honestly ever seen, and millions of young voters and of course all the magats will fall for it.  And it's absolutely on the Dems for getting thoroughly fvcking hoodwinked.  [embedded post]

• @chancemiller.me Chance Miller on bluesky

  I am not a lawyer, but it seems like a very bad precedent to let an incoming president circumvent a law before he takes office (or even while in office, but that's a topic for another day).  —  What a mess.  [embedded post]

• @pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on bluesky

  In retrospect should have seen it coming that the TikTok saga would end as an infinite scroll of 30 second somewhat bizarre events that keep trying to suck you back in [embedded post]

• @fraying Derek Powazek on bluesky

  As much as I miss TikTok, bringing it back in contravention of US law because the mob boss president said it's chill is such a dangerous precedent.  Which US law will he say it's cool to break next?  —  www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24...

• @jessmaddox Jess Maddox on bluesky

  Well that was a dumb but politically consequential 14 hours.  —  www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24...

• @junlper.beer @junlper.beer on bluesky

  dumb ass liberals keep going “see it's a publicity stunt!” and well yes the thing about publicity stunts is they typically work!  democrats are allergic to doing anything that people might like it's infuriating [embedded post]

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on bluesky

  TikTok is Schrödinger's app, perpetually alive and dead at the same time, depending on random subatomic events that occur out of view

• @reckless Nilay Patel on bluesky

  Like the only way to read this is that a guy who is not the President said “you may break the law for a while and I won't punish you when I become President” and everyone said, sure, good enough

• @reckless Nilay Patel on bluesky

  It's one thing to rely on assurances from President Trump, but straightforwardly he is not actually the President right now and the law is in effect

• @bobbyallyn @bobbyallyn on threads

  Another miscalculation: TT execs thought Biden's “I won't enforce the law” statements would placate the general counsels of Apple and Google.  It did not.  They fears legal culpability, and possible later date prosecution, for flouting a federal statute.

• @jbillinson Josh Billinson on threads

  The most interesting thing about the TikTok ban to me is how ByteDance clearly sees this as a marketing opportunity.  They pushed users to join Lemon8 via notifications in the TikTok app all week knowing that was never going to be an alternative because it would be banned by the …

• @bobbyallyn @bobbyallyn on threads

  TikTok insiders tell me from Shou Chew on down, there was deep confidence that their 1A arguments would prevail in court.  It wasn't until TikTok lost in the Circuit court, I'm told, that contingency plans started to be drawn up.  TT execs really believed they would be able to av…

• @bobbyallyn @bobbyallyn on threads

  NEW: person close to TikTok talks tells me Biden admin's statements about non-enforcement did not reassure web-host providers Oracle and Akamai. but with Trump's TruthSocial post today about a liability shield, the two firms agreed to restore service.  Apple and Google, however, …

• @tiktokpolicy @tiktokpolicy on x

  STATEMENT FROM TIKTOK: In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service.  We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 millio…

• @sentomcotton Tom Cotton on x

  Any company that hosts, distributes, services, or otherwise facilitates communist-controlled TikTok could face hundreds of billions of dollars of ruinous liability under the law, not just from DOJ, but also under securities law, shareholder lawsuits, and state AGs.  Think about i…

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  I have been against a TikTok ban for a long time, because it goes against freedom of speech.  That said, the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but 𝕏 is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced.  Something needs to change.

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  thoughts and prayers with all the legal teams at Apple, Google, Oracle, and AWS today trying to explain to their execs why, no, it's not smart to be liable for a $5k per user fine to keep working with TikTok

• @micsolana Mike Solana on x

  tiktok is now operating illegally — this is an unambiguous fact. yes, the company is “back,” but trump can decide at any moment, and in perfect keeping with the law, to thanos snap it out of existence. in other words, it's now a hostage. and that's what we call leverage.

• @stevesi Steven Sinofsky on x

  Issue w/TikTok is your address book. An adversary is building a contact map of the US. They have addresses, employer/work mail, assistant, #s, degrees of separation: among uses, a unique and ultimate phishing database. Worst part: even if you don't use TikTok you're a victim.

• @lindseygrahamsc Lindsey Graham on x

  To TikTok users: under TikTok's current business model, your personal data can be compromised and TikTok can be used to spread Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda in service of our enemies and against our allies.  TikTok as it exists today is a national security nightmare fo…

• @drjessmaddox Dr. Jess Maddox on x

  It already seems like the “wait, creators have political power after all!” discourse from the US presidential election is fading. I don't know how many times I have to watch people realize their power and then move on to dismissing them again. Ignore their power at your own peril

• @drjessmaddox Dr. Jess Maddox on x

  I encourage creators not to fall for the propaganda. If Trump does save TikTok, I encourage them to ask their audiences the questions I outlined above. Resist this savior narrative and continue to question the precarious conditions of your work.

• @drjessmaddox Dr. Jess Maddox on x

  American liberals and progressives have to get over this idea of insisting it's how things “should be” and actually reckon with how things are. I'm not saying throw up your hands and give up, but to talk about the TikTok ban and a potential Trump save as nuanced and complex.

• @drjessmaddox Dr. Jess Maddox on x

  Now that I've slept on it, let's discuss the TikTok ban. The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.

• @brianstelter Brian Stelter on x

  TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend tonight's “Make America Great Again Victory Rally” at Capitol One arena, sources tell @PamelaBrownCNN and @kaitlancollins

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  So if a Dem wins in 4 years can they just charge Oracle for hundreds of billions in fines?

• @blakeir Blake Robbins on x

  Random thoughts: Stock markets are the original prediction markets. The fact that $META didn't move (pre-market) after the ‘TikTok ban’ shows the market already knew it wouldn't stick.

• @litcapital @litcapital on x

  TikTok could've avoided going dark by simply selling its US platform The fact that it'd rather go dark than sell to a US buyer means it is controlled by the Chinese government. No free enterprise would willingly shut off access to 170 million users

• @joshrogin Josh Rogin on x

  Well, @tiktok_us figured out complimenting Trump is more important than following laws passed by Congress or obeying the Supreme Court. If the President of the United States won't follow the law to protect national security, why should the Chinese government? [image]

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  The one saving grace here is that the CCP has always been really bad at propaganda [image]

• @esaagar Saagar Enjeti on x

  I've argued for and supported a ban or forced sale of TikTok since 2018. The argument I made 6 years ago was that if we do not act now, looking at the growth curve, the service will become so popular that lawmakers will find themselves in an impossible position and a ban will

• @rushdoshi Rush Doshi on x

  “If we are going to go to such extraordinary lengths for a foreign company and government Trump must make a demand of absolute reciprocity [for] Meta, X, Google, Snapchat....Now when the Chinese government inevitably laughs at this demand, ask yourself why.”

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  free political ad to half the country lmao [image]

• @tahrajirari Tahra Jirari on x

  What efforts from Trump? He's not even President yet! He sent a couple of tweets out! The CCP is fueling propaganda.

• @nikitabier Nikita Bier on x

  GOD BLESS AMERICA GOD BLESS DONALD TRUMP GOD BLESS CHINA [image]

• @hasanthehun @hasanthehun on x

  democrats gave an unimaginable w to trump by pulling this insanely incompetent and unpopular decision. can't believe that trump who wanted ban tiktok initially is now getting the most expensive free ad by being credited as its savior to 170million americans. master class. [image]

• @genepark Gene Park on x

  after all that drama, tiktok is just back and “Trump's efforts” gets served in a thankful message to 170 million Americans. [image]

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  This likely explain's Trump's reference this morning to protecting any company that “helped keep TikTok from going dark *before* my order.” Oracle likely told Trump it was willing to violate the law today. https://x.com/...

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Scoop from @theinformation's @kyurieff that explains why TikTok is restoring service: Oracle started turning traffic back on. So Oracle is defying the law based on Trump's promise of non-prosecution. [image]

• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  It was all a stunt

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Yeah, and tens of millions of Gen Z need to be rewired based on it because their narrative is that Trump saved TikTok and Marvel Snap for them.

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  TikTok is telling advertisers today that the app is coming online for the “majority” of US users (not all) and to expect “service instability” Sounds like the tech stack is broken still, memo notes there will be restrictions on certain kinds ad campaigns https://www.theverge.com/…

• @wexler Nu Wexler on x

  I don't have a dog in the fight, but this analysis is 100% accurate. TikTok's statement grants Trump authority he doesn't have under the bill.

• @arozenshtein Alan Rozenshtein on x

  These “service providers” have lost their minds. There's no assurance that Trump, who's not even the president yet, can provide. I look forward to the shareholder suits—Oracle is rapidly accruing tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars of liability.

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  TikTok's backend providers, namely Oracle, are providing service again after Trump promised to not enforce penalties from the ban The app stores, however, are not showing TikTok still Larry Ellison fine taking risk here

• @anothercohen Alex Cohen on x

  TikTok was banned for just over 24 hours. Here's what it taught me about b2b sales 👇

• @levie Aaron Levie on x

  Trump is going to bring back TikTok and win over an entire generation in the process. Impressive.

• @oknox Olivier Knox on x

  and so TikTok is reborn the same way it died: Its enemies can't muster up a coherent argument for forcing the sale. is it foreigners collecting data? is it a foreign propaganda firehose?

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  Well that was a good stunt Tim Cook plz hold the line

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  Apple is still showing the no-TikTok pop up [image]

• @maxwinebach Max Weinbach on x

  This is all in the hands of ByteDance The US law is clear, Trump was clear. Bytedance has to agree to sell 50% of TikTok to the US, and run it under a joint venture. That's the bare minimum to keep it in the US. I doubt this happens.

• r/technology r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users after Trump comments

• r/centrist r on reddit

  Trump “Saves” TikTok

• r/FreeSpeech r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Trump

• r/LateStageCapitalism r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Trump

• r/TheDeprogram r on reddit

  lmao TikTok being restored

• r/stupidpol r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Trump

• r/technews r on reddit

  TikTok is coming back online in the US |  TikTok announced it's ‘in the process of restoring service’ in the US.

• r/apple r on reddit

  TikTok is coming back online in the United States

• r/TheSecondTerm r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Trump

• r/uspolitics r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Trump

• r/somethingiswrong2024 r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users after Trump comments

• r/Sino r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Chump

• r/law r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users after Trump comments

• r/inthenews r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users after Trump comments

• r/politics r on reddit

  TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users after Trump comments

• r/technology r on reddit

  Trump to revive TikTok, but wants 50% US ownership

• r/moderatepolitics r on reddit

  Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order to Stall TikTok Ban

• r/politics r on reddit

  Trump to revive TikTok, but wants 50% US ownership

• r/morningsomewhere r on reddit

  Burnie nailed it- exec order incoming to prevent TikTok ban

• r/technology r on reddit

  Trump Says He Will Stall TikTok Ban With Executive Order - The New York Times

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  “Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will no longer be available for download or updates on the App Store for users in the Un…

• @sentomcotton Tom Cotton on x

  My statement with @SenatorRicketts on TikTok being removed from app stores. [image]

• @jessicalessin Jessica Lessin on x

  Within the 1st hours of Trump's second term Apple and Google are going to face a major choice: Turn TikTok back in on the app stores as Trump's likely executive order will want them to do or leave it off. A very early test of their relationship w/ Trump and possible legal risk.

• @senatorricketts Senator Pete Ricketts on x

  We commend Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft for following the law and halting operations with ByteDance and TikTok, and we encourage other companies to do the same. The law, after all, risks ruinous bankruptcy for any company who violates it. Now that the law has taken

• @wexler Nu Wexler on x

  If nothing else, this episode is an interesting look at how various tech companies approach legal risk.

• @kurtwagner Kurt Wagner on bluesky

  Trump could continue to tell tech companies like Apple and Google and Oracle that they don't need to worry about the law, but they run the risk of billions in fines.  —  If an extension is not certified by Congress, they may not be comfortable taking Trump's word as their only pr…

• @laurenfeiner Lauren Feiner on bluesky

  Here's the longer explanation of why TikTok's service providers helping it run in the US are still technically breaking the law & could face potentially $850 billion in penalties + shareholder lawsuits.  Don't hold your breath for TikTok remaining available just yet. www.theverge…

• @guypbenson Guy Benson on x

  A bill was passed, overwhelmingly, then signed into law. It was unanimously upheld 9-0 by SCOTUS. There is a statutory deadline explicitly laid out. An executive order can't override that. If Trump can broker a deal to bring TikTok back under non-CCP leadership, great. But the

• r/technology r on reddit

  TikTok's service providers still risk billions in penalties for bringing it back online

• @matholemeu @matholemeu on bluesky

  Interesting to see how quickly that EO will get squashed considering it's now a statute.

• @sahilkapur Sahil Kapur on bluesky

  Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't sound optimistic about extending TikTok's time, telling @meetthepress.bsky.social today: “We don't have any confidence in ByteDance.  They have 270 days to be exact.  The law is very precise, and the only way to extend that is if there is an actual de…

• @anupamchander Anupam Chander on bluesky

  It's only compelled technology transfer when a foreign country does it to us, otherwise it's just sparkling deal-making.  [image]

• @rgoodlaw Ryan Goodman on bluesky

  1/ Media needs to explain this is NOT a legal option.  —  Yes, Trump said he's “most likely” to give #TikTok 90-day extension.  —  No, that's not a legally available option.  —  The 270 days lapsed.  An extension is no longer available (even if TikTok met 3 conditions for extensi…

• @reckless Nilay Patel on bluesky

  I'm sorry but “Trump illegally nationalizes TikTok” is one thousand percent the funniest possible outcome www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24...

• @denisehowell.info Denise Howell on bluesky

  Arguably scarier than what Congress sought to prevent.  [embedded post]

• @mmasnick Mike Masnick on bluesky

  Dumbest First Amendment hypo ever just dropped.  If US owns TikTok can it moderate?  Can it even use the algorithm to promote some content over other in a way that doesn't violate the First Amendment [embedded post]

• @ebakerwhite Emily Baker-White on bluesky

  To be clear: he wants an American Douyin.  [image]

• @nycsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw on bluesky

  I'm trying, and I hope other people will try, to hold onto the simple notion that a US president cannot simply declare a federal law that was passed last year and literally upheld this week to be a nullity—even if it's a not-so-hot law.  The Congress is the body that can amend or…

• @mmasnick Mike Masnick on bluesky

  The tricky thing here is the law is so stupidly written, it's not entirely clear what happens if Trump makes a non-enforcement declaration.  Because the “enforcement” is on Apple/Google to block the app.  —  And do they trust Trump not to turn around and send the DOJ after them f…

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on threads

  My final thoughts on the TikTok situation is that the company has played the PR game masterfully.  1. The law says sell the U.S. version of the app so it's no longer subject to Chinese government control or be banned.  TikTok got all their users and the media to focus on the ban …

• @jw Josh Williams on threads

  Gonna be wild to watch the President ignore congressional law and a Supreme Court ruling on Day One, and neither will do anything because, well, you can't impeach and you can't convict... And because everybody loooooves TikTok society is just gonna let it fly.  🆒🆒🆒

• @luvvie Luvvie Ajayi Jones on threads

  The GOVERNMENT owning a major outlet is called STATE OWNED MEDIA.  This is Fascism.  And he is at least telling us the plan.  So when it happens, have zero surprise.

• @jeremiahdjohns Jeremiah Johnson on x

  Fun fact: After viewing classified material about the CCP's influence on TikTok, the bill to ban TikTok passed committee with a 50-0 vote. Fifty to zero, MAGA + centrists + DSA members were unanimous. All the accounts bemoaning this seem totally incurious why that might be.

• @zachweinberg @zachweinberg on x

  The American worker should care deeply & support banning Tiktok. When China: - Steals IP of US co's - Bans US co's from operating in China - Subsidizes their industry (think: cheap solar panels) to harm ours All of these actions hurt US companies and wages for US employees.

• @mattgertz Matthew Gertz on x

  A lesson from the TikTok Affair should be that bipartisan efforts to preserve U.S. national security are vulnerable to the incoming president getting bought off and switching sides for his own personal and political benefit. Not great!

• @ezraklein Ezra Klein on x

  Also, a simple trade could be that we allow TikTok to thrive in America under Chinese ownership if they open the Chinese market to our platforms. Trump's a dealmaker, he should demand a deal that is good for America, not just one that enriches him, personally. [image]

• @ezraklein Ezra Klein on x

  Weird reading the final sentence of my 2022 piece on TikTok. Now it's...what? Donald Trump was right and Donald Trump should finish what he started? [image]

• @barbmcquade Barb McQuade on x

  As I wrote in Bloomberg on Friday, Trump does not have authority to delay TikTok ban unless it has a buyer lined up. He hasn't taken office yet, and he is already violating the law. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @pkafka Peter Kafka on x

  Say this for Tom Cotton: He has actually read the law that went into effect last night. https://www.cotton.senate.gov/ ... [image]

• @mcuban Mark Cuban on x

  What's the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn't like?  Vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn't like.?  In China they say what apps can't do.  With TikTok in the US, th…

• @realsaavedra Ryan Saavedra on x

  Allowing China to maintain any ownership in TikTok does nothing to fix the national security concerns. China is harvesting American's data and they can use it to manipulate and control what Americans think about key issues.

• @pblest Paul Blest on x

  Nationalizing TikTok, privatizing everything else

• @seangarrette Sean Garrette on x

  so...it's not about “national security” it's about money and the U.S government wanting to have a say in how TikTok is run. exactly. thank you for clarifying

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  no more plea to Trump in TikTok's in-app offline message this morning he said the US should own 50% of the app meanwhile, some folks are able to access via the website? disaster [image]

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  Trump asking service providers like Apple to host TikTok anyway, when that makes them liable for insane fines, shows how little ability he actually has to do anything here Bytedance has to sell, which means China has to be on board with a deal https://www.theverge.com/...

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Trump's DOJ won't prosecute any co that “helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.” Interesting phrasing. I'm not aware of any co that helped TT from going dark BEFORE his order (maybe Oracle?). He's NOT saying he's immunizing companies from future noncompliance. [image…

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  EO “extending the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect.” Too late - the law took effect today. It allowed for a one-time 90 day extension of that date IF negotiations were in place. [image]

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Trump: Let's have 50% US ownership of TikTok. ByteDance currently has 15% US investor ownership. But the CCP will never let US interests gain a controlling share. This skates over the key issues over CCP propaganda interests and data access. [image]

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Plus congressional republicans have already thrown water on this. Cotton and Ricketts: “Now that hte law has taken effect, there's no legal basis for any kind of ‘extension’ of its effective date.” [image]

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  “Asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark” is pretty meaningless given the law's clear requirements on hosting co's and app stores - $1k/day fines. Companies aren't going to ignore the law's liability requirements just because Trump “asked.” [image]

• @timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x

  The problem with this is, other countries would follow. Breaking up US companies into local co-owned subsidiaries would replace a founder-led free market economy with an oligopolistic division of markets into 50/50 “partnerships” with politically connected local fief lords.

• @brianstelter Brian Stelter on x

  Let's say TikTok access is restored Monday afternoon. What will 36 hours of TikTok detox do to users? People often describe the app as “addicting.” Will they feel withdrawal? Will this brief blackout have any lasting effect on user habits?

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Just logged into a WiFi account in Switzerland and U.S. TikTok accounts work fine. Which is odd if all the U.S. account data was supposed to be on Oracle servers, which have been shut off. Any techie out there able to explain?

• @levie Aaron Levie on x

  Fine, Box can make a bid for TikTok as long as we can turn the main feed into trending business documents.

• @igorbobic Igor Bobic on x

  Speaker Johnson on NBC this morning notes: “The law is very precise, and the only way to extend that is if there is an actual deal in the works.”

• @mattturck Matt Turck on x

  The TikTok ban lasted as long as a TikTok lol [image]

• @david_ingram David Ingram on x

  What's the name for a type of system where the government owns the means of production? [image]

• @mgsiegler M.G. Siegler on x

  It's nearly impossible to parse in his version of English but what it *sounds* like he's suggesting is that he wants the US *government* to split any purchase with a US acquiring company. Which is just perfect. What could possibly go wrong?

• @mattgertz Matthew Gertz on x

  After all the years of GOP complaints about the Biden administration getting involved in social media moderation the solution here is for the federal government to **own** half of a platform alongside a Chinese company?

• @marcacaputo Marc Caputo on x

  2/2 not sure how an EO can legally trump a law but this might buy time and Trump is at least getting caught trying The idea of getting the US govt as an owner of a social media app is ... different

• @samstein Sam Stein on x

  State owned TikTok or a US based private company? Kind of an important distinction

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  If Trump issues an EO to basically overturn the TikTok ban law, what's to stop him from doing the same with most any other law? Not a rhetorical question. No matter how one feels about TikTok, there seem to be some major constitutional issues at play here.

• @chrismurphyct Chris Murphy on x

  TikTok tucking itself in with Trump. Twitter under control of the White House. Facebook making major changes to placate MAGA, doing PR campaign to align w Trump. Does everyone not see what's happening here and how terrifying this is. [image]

• r/neoliberal r on reddit

  Trump says he will issue an executive order Monday to get TikTok back up

• r/TheMajorityReport r on reddit

  Trump says he will issue an executive order Monday to get TikTok back up

• r/politics r on reddit

  Trump says he will issue an executive order Monday to get TikTok back up

• r/moderatepolitics r on reddit

  TikTok goes dark as US ban takes effect

• r/NewsAndPolitics r on reddit

  TikTok goes dark in the US

• r/WeirdGOP r on reddit

  TikTok goes dark in the US

• @dylanmcd8 Dylan on x

  lol did Apple just kill the “TikTok” keyword? Cause obviously there's like a million other apps that should be showing up. It does appear that the app page itself is gone though. [image]

• @kyurieff Kaya Yurieff on x

  The TikTok app is still not available for new downloads on App Stores

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  The more I think about it I'd be surprised if TikTok becomes downloadable again from the App Store imminently - despite the app working again. An executive order isn't an end all be all and Apple has a lot to lose here by restoring it potentially early.

• @aaronp613 Aaron on x

  Do NOT update TestFlight - Apple has just released an emergency update (3.7.1) which will block you from downloading the TikTok beta. [image]

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  Apple probably should have just waited a bit to publish this pretty much now outdated article. The big question now: will TikTok return to the App Store before an executive order is signed? Anyone's guess but I don't see why Apple would risk fines over hours.

• @timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x

  Apple just blocked Americans from installing Tik Tok on iOS. If iOS were an open platform, everyone would be free to download it from the web and connect to international servers through VPN. But Apple monopolizes US iOS app distribution and intentionally makes this impossible.

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  Apple posted a support document on the TikTok ban. Have never seen one of these before for an app removal. But then again this is all pretty unprecedented. All this for a 48 hour ban. https://support.apple.com/...

• @macrumors @macrumors on x

  Apple Updates TestFlight to Block Access to TikTok Beta in U.S. https://www.macrumors.com/... [image]

• @business @business on x

  Apple and Google removed TikTok from their mobile app stores in the US as required by a law that took effect Sunday, after the social media company failed to head off the measure passed last year to address national security concerns. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @rakeshsfnyc Rakesh Agrawal on x

  Apple, unlike 99% of media, isn't repeating the lie that there is a TikTok ban.  TikTok would be fully functional if ByteDance chose to divest.  But “ban” is sexier than “didn't divest.”  As SCOTUS said unanimously, foreign nations don't have free speech rights.  When does SCOTUS…

• @aaronp613 Aaron on x

  How do get back on TikTok in the United States on iOS: 1. Delete the app 2. Turn on a VPN to another country like Canada 3. Redownload TikTok - either through sideloading or TestFlight if you have it 4. Create a new account via email and type in confirmation code 5. Success! [ima…

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  it's not just TikTok that's been banned in the US, Marvel Snap has been Thanos-snapped out of Apple and Google's stores because its publisher is owned by ByteDance https://www.theverge.com/...

• @jwsherrod John William Sherrod on x

  TikTok has also been pulled from the App Store along with CapCut. If you already had the app downloaded you can use it if you're using a VPN.

• @aaronp613 Aaron on x

  When you search for TikTok on the iOS App Store, it now redirects you to the newly published support document about the ban [image]

• @paytondev @paytondev on x

  @TimSweeneyEpic Guys he isn't criticizing them removing it lol he's criticizing that there's no other way to download it from a 3rd party source if it's been removed from the App Store

• r/democrats r on reddit

  Saving TikTok- what's in it for Trump?

• r/Fauxmoi r on reddit

  TikTok appears to be coming back online just hours after President-elect Donald Trump pledged that he would sign an executive order Monday that aims to restore the banned app.

• r/apple r on reddit

  About availability of TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. apps in the United States - Apple Support