But that’s precisely what I disagree with. After all, Biden is not personally doing any of this either way. He would be telling his AG and justice department to prosecute or not. And obviously, the AG might be replaced with each new admin, but it’s not like the entire justice department drops every case they have going and start over.
If Biden ordered the law to be enforced, Trump would specifically have to undo that order. If he wants to save TikTok, make him do that openly.
Obviously in practice it is just one day and doesn’t matter; but in principle, I dislike it.
Well, two things- those are not mining your posts for personal information for spammers and scammers. Especially government backed spammers and scammers. And AFAIK, they are not suggesting really stupid dangerous things like the Tide Pod challenge.
Within the past hour or so, I saw on Facebook that the police department in South Bend, Indiana will not address 911 calls for defunct TikTok service, so don’t bother calling.
I have a feeling they’re not the only city that has put this message out.
It could also be a joke; I remember a department putting out a similar statement for, IIRC, the show that announced the NCAA football playoffs one year.
YouTube and Facebook most certainly mine the content on their sites for personal data which they are more than happy to sell and I see no reason a Tide Pod thing couldn’t happen on those sites. Heck, the US is the only G7 country without data protection laws.
The main issue for TikTok is it’s control by a foreign government (specifically China or Russia or Iran…in this case China) which can allow them undue influence on US citizens. That’s the whole thing.
So answering the original OP question: how can it be done? You get the service, in this case TikTok, to do it. Or else… probably threatening punitive fines.
TikTok says something so that tanTrump is not pissed because that would make things worse for them, but it does not have to be true. If I wanted something from tanTrump I would also say that he has beautiful hair.
Tennis star Coco Gauff, who is in Australia for the Australian Open, reported that she was unable to access TikTok despite being in Australia. How does something like that happen?
Alan Rozenshtien over at Lawfare has written and spoken a lot about the Tik Tok issue (for example, this article). If I understand the nuances correctly:
Tik Tok is not banned per se. Enforcement is against the various app stores, and consists of a fine per user. It would amount to significant sums.
Tik Tok cannot be hosted by a US-based company (i.e. Oracle). They could undoubtedly find overseas providers for their server needs.
The law does not provide for reaching into devices and removing the app. Provided Tik Tok could find new servers, there is no reason the app shouldn’t work.
Deleting the app from app stores will make it difficult to update the app, so in effect Tik Tok would eventually die a slow death on mobile devices.
Even if the President announces that DOJ will not enforce the law, there is probably enough potential risk of future enforcement to the app stores that they would comply anyway. Given how mercurial the incoming administration is, this would seem the wise and cautious course of action.
Tik Tok is still accessible via web browser and probably other means.
Their announcement that Tik Tok is “banned” is a publicity stunt designed to curry favor with the incoming administration.
The legislation was bipartisan (House 352-65, Senate 79-18). This is not an R v. D issue.
As per usual, the issue is a lot more complex and nuanced than, “Tik Tok gone.”
I would be shocked if we don’t find out some day that some kind of financial transaction between Tik Tok/ByteDance and members of the Trump family occurred.
I’ve always felt bad that I ever made light of that. Inappropriate joking is how I cope, but it wasn’t my personal situationor my story to tell. My friend’s dad aspirated detergent and never fully recovered. He died a year later.
