Nothing says sturdy nationwide safety hygiene like letting “knowledge assortment” and “affect operations” fester! There was an enormous hubbub in regards to the risk that TikTok posed to the American public. A Singaporean nationwide received hounded over his alleged connections to China and the dance app went darkish shy of 24 hours, however that’s been the one actual public push in opposition to TikTok that we’ve seen for some time now. The invoice that intends to ban TikTok and comparable apps from international nations continues to be in play, however presidential deadline extensions are retaining everybody from making that closing step to getting a VPN and migrating over to Xiaohongshu. CBS Information has protection:
President Trump has as soon as once more delayed the enforcement of a bipartisan regulation that will successfully ban TikTok within the U.S. A deal to separate TikTok from its China-based guardian firm, ByteDance, has remained elusive.
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“As he has stated many occasions, President Trump doesn’t need TikTok to go darkish. This extension will final 90 days, which the Administration will spend working to make sure this deal is closed in order that the American folks can proceed to make use of TikTok with the peace of mind that their knowledge is protected and safe,” Leavitt stated in a press release.
I’m a agency believer that the typical particular person has no motive to fret about China stealing their knowledge by way of TikTok — they’d have a better job of simply shopping for the intel immediately from Palantir. Or Elon Musk. Or Fb. Or Google.
Get pleasure from your subsequent 90 days of TikToking! Except tomorrow comes and Trump decides to not prolong the deadline final minute. He’s flip flopped on worse issues, in spite of everything.
Trump To Signal Order Extending TikTok Deadline One other 90 days, White Home Says [CBS News]
Earlier: TikTok Might Be Again Up On The Chopping Block Quickly
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