BD had a dramatic nonsense hissy fit, and wanted Biden to make an Executive Order before he left office, barring that, they wanted to give the elbow to US users so there’d be a stink, which they did, and which there was, the fact they’re now granting access back means it was all just a big show, the fact remains though the lawful act of Congress remains, so Trump will have to make and Executive Order of his own once he takes office, which means he will most likely be sued by those who seek the Act of Congress to be enforced, and a judge will decide if the Congressional order gets executed or stayed
It seems like the law prohibited distribution, but not use, is what I’m saying. So people could keep using it if Bytedance kept it up, right?
Correct. This was all just theater so that TikTok could put up a message in front of several million users saying how good of a guy Trump is.
BD had a dramatic nonsense hissy fit, and wanted Biden to make an Executive Order before he left office, barring that, they wanted to give the elbow to US users so there’d be a stink, which they did, and which there was, the fact they’re now granting access back means it was all just a big show, the fact remains though the lawful act of Congress remains, so Trump will have to make and Executive Order of his own once he takes office, which means he will most likely be sued by those who seek the Act of Congress to be enforced, and a judge will decide if the Congressional order gets executed or stayed
Not just “a judge”. SCOTUS. And we all know how that’ll go.