The Tik Tok Ban bill is actually much bigger than Tik Tok. The law empowers the president to choose which foreign-owned platforms live or die in the U.S. My latest for Drop Site dropsitenews.com/p/tiktok-law-r…

If TikTok is not sold before the law goes into effect, the United States will join these countries that have also completely banned the app: China India Iran Afghanistan Somalia Nepal Senegal Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan

Of course, executive orders can't amend statutes. Congressional Republicans agree. Here's Republican Rep Frank Lucas: lucas.house.gov/posts/executiv…

These "service providers" have lost their minds. There's no assurance that Trump, who's not even the president yet, can provide. I look forward to the shareholder suits---Oracle is rapidly accruing tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars of liability.

There's an incoherence in the argument that (1) TikTok didn't have to shut down and doing so was a stunt; and (2) TikTok coming back up exposes Oracle (Akamai, AWS, etc.) to hundreds of billions in liability.

If we are serious about the national security risks of Chinese spies (or anyone else) getting our data from social media, banning TikTok won't do it: we need a real privacy law. My interview with Victor Blackwell CNN and Amara Walker on CNN video.snapstream.net/Play/ayGtaqdM3…

I am old enough to remember when Silicon Valley, and D.C., freaked out every time a country like Turkey or Iran blocked American social media apps. How times have changed.

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TikTok's future uncertain after Trump's executive order, experts say — In ABC News, Timothy Edgar highlights TikTok's $850 billion liability risk under U.S. law and notes potential app degradation over time without updates. ow.ly/Tx5E50UL5yX

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