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A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned,
a message notified users of TikTok, which disappeared from Apple and Google app stores late on Saturday I didn’t really think that they would cut off TikTok. Now I’m sad and I miss the friends I made there. Hoping it all comes back in just a few days,
This is my new home now,
wrote a user in a RedNote post, tagged with the words "tiktokrefugee" and "sad". The current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced. Something needs to change,
Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, adding When President Trump issued the Truth post and said save TikTok, the way we read that is that he’s going to try to force along a true divestiture, changing of hands, the ownership,
It’s clear that more time is needed to find an American buyer for TikTok,
the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, said on 16 January Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations,
Congress wrote this law to be virtually president-proof,
warned Adam Kovacevich, chief executive of industry trade group Chamber of Progress I love TikTok, it's like an escape... hopefully it comes back,
the world number three told reporters I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!”
Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday morning We're working, literally real time, working with the various tech companies to get it back online,
Mike Waltz, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser, said on Sunday, according to CNN Therefore, my initial thought is a joint venture between the current owners and/or new owners whereby the U.S. gets a 50% ownership in a joint venture set up between the U.S. and whichever purchase we so choose,
I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security,
Trump wrote in a Sunday Truth Social post We commend Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft for following the law and halting operations with ByteDance and TikTok, and we encourage other companies to do the same. The law, after all, risks ruinous bankruptcy for any company who violates it,
Cotton and Ricketts wrote in a statement Now that the law has taken effect, there’s no legal basis for any kind of ‘extension’ of its effective date. For TikTok to come back online in the future, ByteDance must agree to a sale that satisfies the law’s qualified-divestiture requirements by severing all ties between TikTok and Communist China,
The President may grant a one-time extension of not more than 90 days ... if the President certifies to Congress that— (A) a path to executing a qualified divestiture has been identified with respect to such application,
It’s not the platform that members of Congress are concerned about. It’s the Chinese Communist Party and their manipulation of the algorithms — they have been flooding the minds of American children with terrible messages glorifying violence and anti-semitism and even suicide and eating disorders. I mean, crazy kinds of stuff, and they’re mining the data of American citizens. It’s a very dangerous thing,
I think we will enforce the law,
Johnson told NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday, a day after Trump told NBC News I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture. By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to say up,
It's not the platform that members of Congress were concerned about, ... It's the Chinese Communist Party."
