The 4th TikTok Delay Is The Charm! - Above the Law

"In January, TikTok's "vulnerabilities" were designated as a major national security concern. A widely used app owned by a foreign government was so apparently dangerous that the government decided they'd rather shut it down than to let people post their dancing vids and shock at overseas atrocities go uninterrupted. The Trump administration has opted to kick the can down the block until they figure out a solution to the problem of a town square that isn't owned by an American billionaire."

"Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order extending the enforcement of a TikTok ban in the United States by another three months - an action that may be superseded later if the agreement to sell the social media app's US assets to an American-backed buyer is finalized. The executive order was necessary to avoid TikTok going dark in the United States on Wednesday, when the previous extension was set to expire."

"The exact details probably won't be known until the ink dries and we are all notified via a Whitehouse.gov release, but negotiations appear to skew toward 20% of TikTok being owned by China. I'm not exactly sure how that does anything to rectify the risk posed by a foreign government having access to our vulnerable "data" - maybe the threat is lessened by the new policing tactics and surveillance that has ramped up since the app first came back from going dark."

U.S. officials designated TikTok's vulnerabilities a major national security concern in January and have repeatedly delayed a ban while seeking a solution. The Trump administration signed a further three-month executive order to extend enforcement and avoid the app going dark as negotiations over U.S. control continue. Proposed deals reportedly leave about 20% of TikTok owned by China, raising doubts about whether that reduces risks from foreign government access to data. New policing tactics and surveillance have increased since the app returned, and TikTok has removed videos on controversial topics such as abortion even when they do not breach terms of service.

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