Trump claims he’ll ‘save’ TikTok - despite trying to get it banned while in office - Both Biden and Trump administrations sought to ban TikTok
WHATEVER ELSE YOU MIGHT SAY ABOUT HIM, Donald Trump does not lack ambition. For him, making vast, sweeping promises to solve every problem the country has ever faced comes as naturally as, well, lying. Here is a partial list of things he has promised to make happen “on Day One” of his second administration.
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that.
Law professor Stephen Vladeck has said Trump's bid to delay a law targeting TikTok could damage the relationship between the presidency and the Supreme Court.
Lawyers for TikTok will argue that banning the app will violate the free speech of 170 million American users. The Justice Department will contend that the app is a national security risk.
The justices are weighing a First Amendment challenge to the TikTok ban law, which is set to take effect just before Trump's inauguration.
TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the US by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down.
A s fires rage across Los Angeles and tens of thousands flee their homes, the usual suspects have decided to blame the blazes on their political enemies. In a series of posts on T
MAGA Republicans and content creators defended TikTok as a "conservative" pro-free speech platform in comment to Fox Digital as a ban looms over the app.
While Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, many of his Republican allies have urged the opposite.
Even worse, according to FBI Director Chris Wray's testimony before Congress, TikTok is a national security threat because the Chinese government can use the app to peddle propaganda and false information to American users. China might even be able to use TikTok to hack Americans' phones and other devices.