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Donald Trump issues executive order to halt TikTok ban – but is it legal?
Donald Trump issues order to pause TikTok ban for 75 days
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to pause the TikTok ban for 75 days. Trump's order says the attorney general "shall not take any action to enforce the Act" passed by Congress. That will give Trump's administration "an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action."
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Trump signs executive order to halt TikTok ban, risking legal showdown
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of a ban of popular short-video app TikTok that was slated to be shuttered on Jan. 19.While signing the order,
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.
President-elect Donald Trump proposed the U.S. own half of TikTok to satisfy national security concerns and save the social media app.
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President-elect Donald Trump promised to extend the deadline on the law that temporarily shut down the social media app over the weekend.
CapCut is a free video-editing platform created, owned and operated by ByteDance. It was launched in the U.S. in 2020. It was the second most downloaded photo and video app in the Apple App Store after Instagram, according to USA Today.
TikTok disappeared for a portion of the weekend, following a Supreme Court decision that upheld a 2024 federal law requiring the app to cease operations in the US unless it was sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance. TikTok is gradually resuming service in the US, but it has an unclear road ahead.
Trump recently petitioned the Supreme Court to halt a ban on TikTok in the U.S., but the justices appear unconvinced.
TikTok restored access on Sunday and thanked Trump for providing assurances to TikTok and its business partners that they would not face hefty fines to keep the app running.
While Trump gained praise from users for the reprieve, he faces long-time skeptics in his own Republican Party about what they see as the app’s ongoing national security threat.
TikTok appears to be coming back online just hours after President-elect Donald Trump pledged Sunday that he would sign an executive order Monday that aims to restore the banned app.
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