Tue, 21 Jan 2025

Executive order delaying TikTok ban gets Trump sign-off

The order was among a slew of directives Trump signed on Monday evening.

* President Trump signed an executive order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires a sale or ban of the platform.
* The US will not enforce the law passed by Congress last year and signed by former President Joe Biden during this period.
* Trump claims he's had a change of heart about TikTok, saying "I got to use it" as a reason for his shift in stance.
* He floated the possibility of a joint venture between the US and Chinese owner ByteDance, seeking a 50-50 partnership.
* The move is at odds with many members of Congress from his own party.
* Republican Senator Tom Cotton warned that companies hosting or facilitating TikTok could face hundreds of billions of dollars in fines under new legislation.
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