Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.

[usonian]

Source: NBC News

President Joe Biden’s administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States if a ban that’s scheduled to go into effect Sunday proceeds, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

“Americans shouldn’t expect to see TikTok suddenly banned on Sunday,” an administration official said, adding that officials are “exploring options” for how to implement the law so TikTok does not go dark Sunday.

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Mike Waltz, Trump’s incoming national security adviser, told Fox News on Wednesday that Trump is ready to intervene to preserve access to the Chinese-owned video app in the American marketplace.

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The moves represent parallel efforts by the rival presidents to execute an end-run around Congress and the Supreme Court, which is teed up to rule on the ban at any time.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-keep-tiktok-available-us-rcna187902

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"Any time" may be Friday.

⏰Tick Tock.🕰️ Happening in 🕐 real time. ⏲️

[yaesu]

1. Why bother, just buy a clock that goes tick tock. Nt

[usonian]

2. It's quite popular, and employs a lot of US people.

The "solution" seems to be that a billionaire buy it. Nothing could possibly go wrong. (satire)

[LeftInTX]

3. Like this kid? Her parents are pimping her out!

https://www.tiktok.com/@avamajury16/video/7405364105676115230?lang=en

https://www.tiktok.com/@avamajury16/video/7405575893713702175?lang=en

[usonian]

8. I don't know. I don't use TikTok. Just sharing the news.

Don't assault the reporter.

WAIT. That's MAGA's job.

[pimpbot]

6. Do you pay attention to the news?

Chinese have hacked much of our telecom infrastructure, high level government officials, and who knows what else. There is a cold cyber war running and the general public isn't paying attention. All they care about are their lolz vidz and endless scrolling on time suck social media.

None of the social media empires are great, but this one is foreign owned by a nation state who has shown aggressive action against our country. The tiktok app could easily be used to do harm to our country if they so wish. Even something simple like faking a "banking emergency" that goes viral or something which causes chaos in our financial marketplace.

[usonian]

10. Do you pay attention to my posts?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219902965
Shut down social media? The Chinese have an answer: take down the internet and more.

Now as to how this and TikTok are evil.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219903183
Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior
Everyone who can is tracking and spying on you.,
Surveillance Capitalism

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219881478
Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry--Here's How (EFF)

Foreign Ownership.
Rupert Murdoch, Agent of Vladimir Putin.
He's a capitalist God.

Everyone who can tracks you and sells the data to unknown entities, including police, FBI, insurance companies, and {UNKNOWN}

The Chinese already have boatloads of data.

The solution is to stop the harvesting of personal data.
Everyone, Allstate included.

[Callie1979]

4. Now Biden has punted on this. TikTok is an enemy agent. People are idiots.

Biden is not going to enforce the ban thats supposed to take effect the 19th. Way to go, Joe. NOT.

"President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump"

.https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-executive-order-1e95d9836bf6f8c0c245ed1c3234d968

[Igel]

12. It's a good thing there isn't some kind of oath or commitment

to faithfully execute the laws.

Oh--wait--perhaps that's "execute the laws" like "execute the murderers"?

No, there's this funny thing where we have rule of laws, but only those that some people want to enforce. Making exceptions proves they rule! (To anaphase Ben Franklin--divide and polarize, so to speak).

[Callie1979]

13. Doesnt matter if its his last day; its still a law to be enforced!

[MichMan]

5. Why didn't he veto it then?

[usonian]

11. Somewhere in my reading, I believe that it was part of a bigger bill that he chose not to veto.

Ban data collection.

FB, Twitter, Google, Allstate.

Sleepy E.U. is way ahead of this matter, and just scratch the surface.

[Luciferous]

7. What's the point of a ban if you

don't enforce it?

[Jose Garcia]

9. Why did he sign the bill into law if he didn't want it implemented?