People will have to find a new way to give all their personal data to the CCP.

Until Sunday

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Biden administration will not begin enforcing the law beginning on Sunday, leaving it to the incoming Trump administration.

Trump could decline to enforce the ban, but companies like Apple and Google could still potentially face steep fines if they host the app in violation of the law. During arguments last week, the government noted there is a five-year statute of limitations for violations of the law, meaning a future administration could punish offenders.

Does Trump support the ban ?

KaiBear said:

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Does Trump support the ban ?

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From this past Monday:

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"TikTok itself is a fantastic platform," Trump's incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz said on Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier on Wednesday. "We're going to find a way to preserve it but protect people's data."

"Trump could come out as the hero in all of this," said Jennifer Grygiel, an associate professor of communications at Syracuse University who studies social media.

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Trump has said he has a "warm spot" for TikTok and has vowed to "save" a platform on which his campaign generated "billions of views. In December, he urged the Supreme Court to pause enforcement of the law, saying that voters had given him a mandate to protect their free-speech rights.

The former president described the First Amendment implications as "sweeping and troubling," as USA TODAY previously reported. He also warned about setting a "dangerous global precedent" for government censorship while acknowledging the "significant and pressing" national security concerns posed by TikTok and ByteDance.

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Better to ban it ?

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Better to ban it ?

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in March 2024, Trump came out against the bill to ban the app or force a sale.

"Frankly, there are a lot of people on TikTok that love it," Trump said in an interview with CNBC at the time. "There are a lot of young kids on TikTok who will go crazy without it. There are a lot of users, a lot of good, and there's a lot of bad with TikTok."

My weather vane tells me that Trump will help find a US buyer for TicTok and the US version will end up owned and run by Americans.

Trump will be a hero to a bunch of Gen Z kids, the upcoming voters of the USA

Remember the CEO of TikTok is coming to the inauguration

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Remember the CEO of TikTok is coming to the inauguration

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I hope after the sale, that CEO will find out he just got snookered into selling for Confederate dollars.

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Assassin said:

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Remember the CEO of TikTok is coming to the inauguration

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I hope after the sale, that CEO will find out he just got snookered into selling for Confederate dollars.

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I heard this morning that it has a market value of 9 billion. Kevin O'Leary's group has offered 20 billion. However O'Leary is absolutely brilliant so you have to know he has plans to get his money back

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EatMoreSalmon said:

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Assassin said:

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Remember the CEO of TikTok is coming to the inauguration

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I hope after the sale, that CEO will find out he just got snookered into selling for Confederate dollars.

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I heard this morning that it has a market value of 9 billion. Kevin O'Leary's group has offered 20 billion. However O'Leary is absolutely brilliant so you have to know he has plans to get his money back

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Maybe O'Leary is buying with Canadian dollars.

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Assassin said:

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EatMoreSalmon said:

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Assassin said:

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Remember the CEO of TikTok is coming to the inauguration

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I hope after the sale, that CEO will find out he just got snookered into selling for Confederate dollars.

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I heard this morning that it has a market value of 9 billion. Kevin O'Leary's group has offered 20 billion. However O'Leary is absolutely brilliant so you have to know he has plans to get his money back

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Maybe O'Leary is buying with Canadian dollars.

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Although born in Montreal, he spent most of his adult life in Boston. Moved out of "Taxachusetts" to Florida a few years ago.

BTW - great guy for Trump to have around for US/Canada relationships

Most importantly, we were born on the same day and year. Nothing else should be questioned!

I believe Trump was one of the first ones to talk about banning it. Not sure what changed his mind.

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I believe Trump was one of the first ones to talk about banning it. Not sure what changed his mind.

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Both parties took part in that. Biden passed the act in 2022 that banned it on all government devices.

Here's a blow by blow from Wiki (not sure how accurate it is as the Chinese can also edit it)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93TikTok_controversy

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People will have to find a new way to give all their personal data to the CCP.

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TikTok I understand. But, the BOOM, is that a failed Chinese balloon?

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Ya the American peoples data is no longer for the taking unless you are Facebook, Apple, X or any other silicon valley company that takes the data and then sells it.

KaiBear said:

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Better to ban it ?

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It's a fantastic ap. Has become an economic engine for small businesses. It would be ashamed if it went away.

I quit my $330k engineering job at TikTok.

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban.

Ask Me Anything.

— arman (@armankhon) January 17, 2025

tiktok algorithm is so much better than reels or youtube shorts. it's honestly not even close.

— arman (@armankhon) January 17, 2025

BREAKING: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanks President Trump for working to find a solution to keep TikTok available in the US. pic.twitter.com/Tgjh6hj7eo

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 17, 2025

Tik Took will survive some way some how and in some form. Trump etc will facilitate a deal. Too much money involved.

but quash jr. told us greg abbott banned it?

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Tik Took will survive some way some how and in some form. Trump etc will facilitate a deal. Too much money involved.

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Trump needs to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court. If not, he is no better than Joe Biden (student loan forgiveness).

So O'Leary says he and Frank McCourt have their own algorithm to take the place of the Chinese one. If they can get a LOI up by Sunday night, TicTok could stay up, assuming Trump accepts the LOI. Give them X amount of days to get it done

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KaiBear said:

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Better to ban it ?

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It's a fantastic ap. Has become an economic engine for small businesses. It would be ashamed if it went away.

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Have never used or even examined it.

So I don't care if it is banned or not.

BREAKING: Kevin O’Leary says he’s offering $20 billion cash for TikTok, per the Hill

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 18, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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BREAKING: Kevin O’Leary says he’s offering $20 billion cash for TikTok, per the Hill

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 18, 2025

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It's worth $300B

Mitch Blood Green said:

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boognish_bear said:

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BREAKING: Kevin O’Leary says he’s offering $20 billion cash for TikTok, per the Hill

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 18, 2025

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It's worth $300B

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Thats for the entire thing. OLeary is speaking of the US part

The Supreme Court upholds the TikTok Ban

Many members of Congress bought META stock as they were voting to ban TikTok, they’re getting rich while eliminating their donors competition

Congressman Michael McCaul who wrote The TikTok Ban Bill invested $1.15 Million into META after… pic.twitter.com/W1q2VrHX1S

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 17, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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The Supreme Court upholds the TikTok Ban

Many members of Congress bought META stock as they were voting to ban TikTok, they’re getting rich while eliminating their donors competition

Congressman Michael McCaul who wrote The TikTok Ban Bill invested $1.15 Million into META after… pic.twitter.com/W1q2VrHX1S

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 17, 2025

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Interesting. Track the money!

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President-elect Trump to grant TikTok 90-day extension from ban, NBC reports. pic.twitter.com/PCgHhzmvvo

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) January 18, 2025