How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism
The Biden administration argued a forced sale of the app would protect it from political influence. Bluesky: @karissabe , @cravenlovelace , @cjsprigman , @emmalbriant , @zakwilliamswzw , and @drewharw...
FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban
The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will. Dean Baker / @deanbaker13 : Trump says he can claim extraordinary powe...
FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban
In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.
Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions, and it's unclear how many times the deadline can be extended
Again NZ Herald : Trump gives TikTok 90 more days to find buyer, again delayed ban Joe DePaolo / Mediaite : ‘Brazenly Illegal’: Conservatives Lash Out at Trump for Executive Order Sidestepping TikTok ...
Sources: Trump plans to extend TikTok's June 19 sale deadline; ByteDance told the White House that China wouldn't approve a deal until trade negotiations began
again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back Isaiah Richard / Tech Times : TikTok Ban Extension Reportedly Coming Again: POTUS Trump to Give It More Time After June 19 James Hale / Tubefilter ...
Sources: Tucker Carlson was on WH's list of potential TikTok investors, with JD Vance pushing for his inclusion, along with others like a16z and Blackstone
Vice-president JD Vance pushed for right-wing media star's inclusion in a deal for video app — Alex Rogers in Washington … Bluesky: @evelyndouek , @justinhendrix , @paleofuture , @ebakerwhite , and ...
Sources: a TikTok US deal, which was largely finalized by April 2, was put on hold after China indicated it would reject the deal over President Trump's tariffs
Donald Trump has given TikTok a 75-day extension for the second time … M. Faiz Zaki / Tempo : ByteDance Still Negotiating with US Over TikTok's Fate Jacob Burg / Santa Clarita Valley Signal : Trump ex...
Trump says he signed an executive order to keep TikTok running for 75 more days, as “the deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed”
It was already dubious as hell that Trump had just decreed that TikTok could carry on, but this deadline is explicitly in legislation with no mechanism for the President to extend it. — He's just un...
A survey of US adults: 34% support a TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023, and 49% say TikTok is a national security threat, down from 59% in May 2023
Colleen McClain / Pew Research Center :
President Trump says “we're dealing with four different groups” for the sale of TikTok; Trump signed an EO on January 20 to delay the TikTok ban by 75 days
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale …