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willis936 | on: TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
My partner uses TikTok and was greeted with a message today saying that DJT saved the app. That isn't possible because he isn't president yet. It's all very embarrassing.
agumonkey | parent | next
I don't think I will be able to handle 5 more years of this without moving in a very remote place and limited information streams.
throwaway173738 | root | parent | next
I’m going to go found a place I’ll call Galt’s Gulch for maximum irony.
arp242 | root | parent
I'd pay good money for a newspaper that would go out of its way to avoid mentioning Trump, Musk, and all these other highly exasperating people, unless it's completely unavoidable (e.g. "Trump declares war on California").
lubujackson | parent | next
Also the CEO of TikTok is going to sit directly behind Trump at the inauguration. It's not even subtle and half the point is that it isn't subtle - bend the knee to Trump and you'll be taken care of, is the message. We operate just like Russia at this point.

Also, expect to see that Facebook is partnering with TikTok on Monday morning. The head of the bill banning TikTok just invested 100 million in Meta... so I imagine there will be a followup announcement how Trump brokered some deal to Americanize TikTok or something.

ceejayoz | root | parent | next
I got an internal ad on Facebook telling me to connect my TikTok account the other day.

https://imgur.com/a/yCOpifC

threecheese | root | parent
We’ve also started seeing TT ads on Reels, and a brand new blue-checked Facebook account appeared on TT yesterday and rapidly gained 100Ks of followers.
throwawayq3423 | root | parent | next
I'm old enough to remember when selling out the American people to the CCP would have been a career ending scandal.
pjc50 | root | parent
Selling them out to the Iranians? Pardoned and the person involved got a job on Fox News (Oliver North).

Selling them out to the Russians? Well, it worked fine last time, a bunch of minor figures went to jail, but the boss remained untouched.

So why not sell out to the Chinese? Remember, it's only illegal when a Democrat does it.

1659447091 | root | parent | next
> Also, expect to see that Facebook is partnering with TikTok on Monday morning. The head of the bill banning TikTok just invested 100 million in Meta... so I imagine there will be a followup announcement how Trump brokered some deal to Americanize TikTok or something.

Well, that makes this interesting. The bill also allowed a 90-day extension if they found a buyer and were in the process of finalizing it.

This may put this cringe ByteDance stunt and Meta/Zuck's pandering to Trump into more perspective. The Hero coming to save the day with a magical 90-day extension. As long as everyone plays their scripted part. On the other hand, it's probably just a funny timed coincidence that will pass in 3 months

[added] The president would have to approve any sale of apps caught in this law

pizza | root | parent
> Also, expect to see that Facebook is partnering with TikTok on Monday morning. The head of the bill banning TikTok just invested 100 million in Meta... so I imagine there will be a followup announcement how Trump brokered some deal to Americanize TikTok or something.

Wait, if this is truly what this outcome was about, this seems.. huge? Can you share more information about that?

mquander | parent | next
It's possible for people who aren't currently the president to do things.
ceejayoz | root | parent | next
“Be President while the other guy still is” is not one of them.
wat10000 | root | parent | next
There isn’t enough time for the current President to enforce this. A convincing pledge from the incoming guy that he’ll allow them to continue operating is all it would take. How you get a convincing pledge out of this guy, I have no idea, but apparently they believe it.
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ruraljuror | root | parent | next
But that is essentially what is happening. There is long-standing convention for the president elect to not step on the sitting president's toes prior to inauguration, but Trump has been bucking that convention this time around. This is just an impossible to ignore example.
latency-guy2 | root | parent
TikTok operated in a way that did not need to happen. Biden's administration was explicit in that the enforcement of the ban were to be performed by the Trump administration. Trump signaled that he would sign an EO allowing a 90 day extension to the ban terms on Monday. TikTok are now operating based on this information.

Who is currently in charge of the oval office is an irrelevant quality.

Note that the ban was not really on TikTok, but the ownership. TikTok could be owned by many other parties in the world. It just can't be ByteDance or parent/subsidiary which has ties to China.

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tw04 | root | parent | next
It’s actually illegal for people who aren’t currently the president to negotiate as if they were.
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afiori | root | parent
Declaring your intent to create an executive order the next day is not a negotiation
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GeneralMayhem | root | parent
Okay, fine, let's play this game.

What did Trump do to get TikTok back online?

Maxatar | root | parent | next
He agreed to extend to TikTok an executive order that grants it a 90 day extension, as the law explicitly allows the President to do.
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throwawayq3423 | root | parent | next
I don't know but TikTok itself said it was because of him.
Karrot_Kream | root | parent | next
Trump agreed to use a provision in the bill to offer a one-time 90 day extension on enforcement: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521...
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moralestapia | root | parent | next
No idea and we might never know, but, do you think ByteDance would just lie about it?
coliveira | root | parent
It is very clear that it is Trump doing the negotiations around TikTok. The current administration is at this point powerless.
somenameforme | parent
If you mean because they used the term "President Trump", that honorific is for life. See, for instance, the recent passing of President Carter for a million examples. If you mean because he couldn't have executed legal actions yet - he could have offered private and legally binding statements to all the major players - Oracle, Apple, and Google.
magicalist | root | parent | next
> he could have offered private and legally binding statements

No, he couldn't? It's not even clear he'll be able to do anything with an executive order when he is sworn in, but President elects certainly can't.

somenameforme | root | parent
I don't know why you think he couldn't. A legally binding statement of intent to offer TikTok the 90-day window and work out a "deal" once in office would be more than sufficient justification for the heads of the various companies involved to ease enforcement until things become more resolved.
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anon7000 | root | parent
Presidents are allowed to offer legally binding political favors in private?
somenameforme | root | parent
Calling it a political favor is quite silly. He stated he was likely overturn it for months now, but the public indirect phrasing was probably not sufficient for the involved actors to feel was sufficient to act on, a private statement of definitive intent would be.