Earlier today the Supreme Court unanimously rejected TikTok’s constitutional challenge to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACAA), which will block most of TikTok’s operations in the United States unless its Chinese parent company, Bytedance, divests. With the law’s Jan. 19 deadline looming and major questions about implementation remaining, here’s what you need to know.
Now Trump allows it again and gets a load more Gen Z votes next time, despite it being blocked by the same court he appointed.
The interesting thing is that Trump doesn’t really have a way to easily do that. All options are legally sketchy and could expose Google and Apple to enormous fines under a future admin if they go along with it.
Or he could just say he wants to repeal the law here and overnight republicans with their majorities will rush to pass a law to do just that while pretending they had nothing to do with initial law, after they’ve finished fellating him, of course.
Definitely possible. But not a sure thing, not easy, and not quick.
Legally sketchy is hardly new ground for him. By rights he shouldn’t even be here.
All his underlings will fall in line because he’s a petulant man-child.
*because they’re spineless pussies
Sure, but why would Apple and Google go along with it? Basically no benefit for them and the potential of an $850 billion fine down the road.
Well, they’ve
bribed Trumphelp pay for the inauguration and are planning on attending, so it’s all good, innit?That’s like walking around money for them though. $850B is fire everyone / jumping out the windows money.
