Sabrina Tavernisi

Essentially fleeing the app because they could no longer post there.

Essentially fleeing the app because they could no longer post there.

But yeah, if you haven't heard, we're back now. Just ignore the last week of everything I've been saying.

But yeah, if you haven't heard, we're back now. Just ignore the last week of everything I've been saying.

OK, so let's talk about how we got here. And I'll remind listeners that TikTok is owned by ByteDance, which is a Chinese company. It had tried to fight the ban all the way to the Supreme Court. Tell us what happened.

OK, so let's talk about how we got here. And I'll remind listeners that TikTok is owned by ByteDance, which is a Chinese company. It had tried to fight the ban all the way to the Supreme Court. Tell us what happened.

And what was the thinking behind making it sell the company?

And what was the thinking behind making it sell the company?

And the company, as I remember from your telling, actually objected on the basis of free speech, that free speech meant that it should be allowed to continue operating. But on Friday, as you're saying, the Supreme Court actually decided against the company and upheld the ban, which, of course, brings us to the situation we found ourselves in this morning.

And the company, as I remember from your telling, actually objected on the basis of free speech, that free speech meant that it should be allowed to continue operating. But on Friday, as you're saying, the Supreme Court actually decided against the company and upheld the ban, which, of course, brings us to the situation we found ourselves in this morning.

And so what happened after the court made that decision?

And so what happened after the court made that decision?

So TikTok is saying that Trump is going to fix their situation, which is kind of confusing because Trump was against TikTok in his first administration.

So TikTok is saying that Trump is going to fix their situation, which is kind of confusing because Trump was against TikTok in his first administration.

OK, so Trump actually inspired the law we're talking about today.

OK, so Trump actually inspired the law we're talking about today.

But why is that, though? I mean, Trump, again, we've said, was the original naysayer on TikTok.

But why is that, though? I mean, Trump, again, we've said, was the original naysayer on TikTok.

So they decide to go after Trump. How do they woo him?

So they decide to go after Trump. How do they woo him?