donald trump He officially took office on Monday (January 20) and got to work signing quite a few executive orders.
The now 47th president of the United States began signing orders at an indoor inauguration parade at the Capital One Area before heading to the White House to continue signing more.
One of those orders, among the many he promised to sign on the first day, was to block the TikTok ban and delay it.
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Triumph signed the “Enforcement of the Controlled Applications Act to Protect Americans from Foreign Adversaries to TikTok”executive order.
This instructs “the Attorney General to take no enforcement action for a period of 75 days beginning today to allow my Administration the opportunity to determine the appropriate course to follow in an orderly manner that protects national security and at the same time avoid an abrupt shutdown of a communications platform used by millions of Americans.”
“During this period, the Department of Justice will not take any action to enforce the Act or impose sanctions against any entity for any failure to comply with the Act, including to distribute, maintain or update (or permit the distribution, maintenance or update) of any application controlled by a foreign adversary as defined in the Law,” the executive order states.
Triumph states that it intends to “consult with my advisors, including the heads of relevant departments and agencies, on the national security concerns raised by TikTok, and seek a resolution that protects national security while saving a platform used by 170 millions of Americans. “My administration should also review the intelligence related to those concerns and evaluate the adequacy of the mitigation measures TikTok has taken to date.”
Before taking office, TikTok went down on Saturday night (January 18) but was restored 14 hours later, crediting donald trump for “for providing necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will not face sanctions in bringing TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and allowing more than 7 million small businesses to thrive.”
Triumph He initially declared a national emergency and signed an executive order to prepare for a ban on TikTok in 2020.
