The company said in a statement that TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to the company’s service providers.
The law banning TikTok, which was scheduled to go into effect Sunday, allows the president to grant a 90-day extension before the ban is enforced, provided certain criteria are met.
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After the Supreme Court greenlit the law on Friday, the Biden administration issued a statement saying it would not enforce the ban, leaving that responsibility to Trump.
Though some Senators contradict that.
Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., also issued a statement celebrating the ban, and saying they don’t see a basis for an extension like Trump has proposed.
"Now that the law has taken effect, there’s no legal basis for any kind of ‘extension’ of its effective date. […]
So, we have to let the law play out. It doesn’t yet seem like we’re abandoning the rule of law at this point.
The law banning TikTok, which was scheduled to go into effect Sunday, allows the president to grant a 90-day extension before the ban is enforced, provided certain criteria are met.
First I’ve ever heard of this. I wish the article explained what the criteria were.
Fucking wild that the House and Senate are just allowing him to take their power over establishing law.
It was a ban put in place by a piece of legislation passed by both chambers. It needed to be resolved the same way.
We are now in a dictatorship.
I didn’t even want Tiktok to be banned in the first place… but even I can see how dangerous this is.
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Though some Senators contradict that.
So, we have to let the law play out. It doesn’t yet seem like we’re abandoning the rule of law at this point.
What is TFA? EDIT: The Fucking Article, I assume.
First I’ve ever heard of this. I wish the article explained what the criteria were.
Dictatorships don’t usually end well for the dictators.
At least that’s what history books seem to think.
Yeah that’s not true at all. They don’t always end well for the next dictator. But a lot of dictators are just fine.