Ryan Knutson
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All right, let's go back in time for a second. Why did Donald Trump want to ban TikTok in the first place when he first brought this up back in 2020?
All right, let's go back in time for a second. Why did Donald Trump want to ban TikTok in the first place when he first brought this up back in 2020?
Basically that the Chinese government could use the TikTok algorithm to push content that's more favorable to China or its worldviews. Yeah, that too. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has said it would not comply with such requests from the Chinese government and that it protects user data.
Basically that the Chinese government could use the TikTok algorithm to push content that's more favorable to China or its worldviews. Yeah, that too. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has said it would not comply with such requests from the Chinese government and that it protects user data.
Basically that the Chinese government could use the TikTok algorithm to push content that's more favorable to China or its worldviews. Yeah, that too. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has said it would not comply with such requests from the Chinese government and that it protects user data.
After calling out TikTok, Trump tried to use his presidential powers during his first term to bring the app under U.S. control.
After calling out TikTok, Trump tried to use his presidential powers during his first term to bring the app under U.S. control.
After calling out TikTok, Trump tried to use his presidential powers during his first term to bring the app under U.S. control.
In an effort to head off concerns, TikTok implemented a plan known as Project Texas. The idea was that U.S. user data would be walled off by TikTok and stored on servers in the U.S. owned by Oracle, a U.S. tech company. And did Project Texas work in the way that it was envisioned?
In an effort to head off concerns, TikTok implemented a plan known as Project Texas. The idea was that U.S. user data would be walled off by TikTok and stored on servers in the U.S. owned by Oracle, a U.S. tech company. And did Project Texas work in the way that it was envisioned?
In an effort to head off concerns, TikTok implemented a plan known as Project Texas. The idea was that U.S. user data would be walled off by TikTok and stored on servers in the U.S. owned by Oracle, a U.S. tech company. And did Project Texas work in the way that it was envisioned?
And then when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel in October of 2023, the pressure on TikTok picked up again.
And then when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel in October of 2023, the pressure on TikTok picked up again.
And then when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel in October of 2023, the pressure on TikTok picked up again.
Is that a proven fact, or was that just a feeling that some lawmakers had, that there were more pro-Palestinian views on the platform?
Is that a proven fact, or was that just a feeling that some lawmakers had, that there were more pro-Palestinian views on the platform?
Is that a proven fact, or was that just a feeling that some lawmakers had, that there were more pro-Palestinian views on the platform?
That bill, which had overwhelming bipartisan support, sailed through Congress and was signed by then-President Biden last April. It gave ByteDance a deadline for divestiture, January 19th, 2025. Meanwhile, Trump started signaling that he had changed his mind about TikTok. He warned that banning it would only serve to help Meta, a company Trump had been critical of after it kicked him off Facebook.
That bill, which had overwhelming bipartisan support, sailed through Congress and was signed by then-President Biden last April. It gave ByteDance a deadline for divestiture, January 19th, 2025. Meanwhile, Trump started signaling that he had changed his mind about TikTok. He warned that banning it would only serve to help Meta, a company Trump had been critical of after it kicked him off Facebook.
That bill, which had overwhelming bipartisan support, sailed through Congress and was signed by then-President Biden last April. It gave ByteDance a deadline for divestiture, January 19th, 2025. Meanwhile, Trump started signaling that he had changed his mind about TikTok. He warned that banning it would only serve to help Meta, a company Trump had been critical of after it kicked him off Facebook.