President Donald Trump’s decision to issue an executive order Monday delaying enforcement of the federal ban on TikTok has deepened a murky legal landscape in the US for the popular social media app and its technology partners.
President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that halts the ban on TikTok. But is TikTok actually "saved?"
Within hours of his inauguration, President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the enforcement of a TikTok ban that had taken effect the previous day. The move tossed a lifeline to TikTok -- and its 170 million users in the United States.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.
Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social account on Sunday as millions of TikTok users in the U.S. awoke to discover they could no longer access the TikTok app or platform.
The president-elect Sunday pledged an executive order, hours into his second term, returning access for American users, at least temporarily.
President Trump signed an executive order delaying the TikTok ban for 75 days, providing temporary relief to users but leaving uncertainty for the app's future in the U.S.
Business owners and influencers received a temporary reprieve but still face uncertainty as Trump's order lifts after 75 days.
For TikTok to continue to be available in the U.S., ByteDance must either sell to a U.S.-based buyer, or the Trump administration will need to pass a new law to overturn the previous one. The latter is an unlikely scenario given the broad bipartisan support the current legislation received in Congress.
The President is recasting migration as a form of “invasion,” broadening his already expansive powers and making anyone in the U.S. who’s undocumented a potential target.
The only person who had more fun on Inauguration Day than Donald Trump was Melania Trump. Kidding, kidding. No, you guessed it — it was Elon Musk. The richest man in the world couldn’t stop grinning as he jumped around and made heart-pounding gestures to the crowd in D.C.’s Capital One Arena.