Trump’s Order Delaying TikTok Ban May Not Shield Tech Partners From a Staggering $850 Billion in Penalties for Violating Law, Experts Say
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor President Donald Trump, in his first day back in the White House, signed a flurry of executive orders — including one instructing the U.S.
attorney general to abstain for a 75-day period from enforcing a federal law that criminalizes the hosting and distribution of TikTok.
Trump, in the order issued Monday (Jan. 20), wrote that “I have the unique constitutional responsibility for the national security of the United States, the conduct of foreign policy, and other vital executive functions.” He wrote that the “unfortunate timing” of the TikTok ban’s Jan.
19 effective date — which makes it illegal to distribute the app in the U.S., because Chinese parent ByteDance has not divested its stake in TikTok — “interferes with my ability to assess the national security and foreign policy implications of the Act’s prohibitions before they take effect.” Trump’s executive order also instructs the U.S.
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