Almost immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump signed a swathe of executive orders — including a reprieve for TikTok in the US.
With the executive order, Trump’s Justice Department will not enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days, extending the time the company has to reach a deal.
TikTok (and other ByteDance apps) went offline late Saturday, but the TikTok outage only lasted a matter of hours. Trump affirmed there would be “no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.” Trump also proposed a joint venture that would see US
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