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Nothing
says
strong
national
security
hygiene
like
letting
“data
collection”
and
“influence
operations”
fester!
There
was
a
big
hubbub
about
the
threat
that
TikTok
posed
to
the
American
public.
A
Singaporean
national
got
hounded
over
his
alleged
connections
to
China
and
the
dance
app
went
dark
shy
of
24
hours,
but
that’s
been
the
only
real
public
push
against
TikTok
that
we’ve
seen
for
a
while
now.
The
bill
that
intends
to
ban
TikTok
and
similar
apps
from
foreign
nations
is
still
in
play,
but
presidential
deadline
extensions
are
keeping
everyone
from
making
that
final
step
to
getting
a
VPN
and
migrating
over
to
Xiaohongshu.
CBS
News
has
coverage:
President
Trump
has
once
again
delayed
the
enforcement
of
a
bipartisan
law
that
would
effectively
ban
TikTok
in
the
U.S.
A
deal
to
separate
TikTok
from
its
China-based
parent
company,
ByteDance,
has
remained
elusive.
…
“As
he
has
said
many
times,
President
Trump
does
not
want
TikTok
to
go
dark.
This
extension
will
last
90
days,
which
the
Administration
will
spend
working
to
ensure
this
deal
is
closed
so
that
the
American
people
can
continue
to
use
TikTok
with
the
assurance
that
their
data
is
safe
and
secure,”
Leavitt
said
in
a
statement.
I
am
a
firm
believer
that
the
average
person
has
no
reason
to
worry
about
China
stealing
their
data
via
TikTok
—
they’d
have
an
easier
job
of
just
buying
the
intel
directly
from
Palantir.
Or
Elon
Musk.
Or
Facebook.
Or
Google.
Enjoy
your
next
90
days
of
TikToking!
Unless
tomorrow
comes
and
Trump
decides
not
to
extend
the
deadline
last
minute.
He’s
flip
flopped
on
worse
things,
after
all.
Trump
To
Sign
Order
Extending
TikTok
Deadline
Another
90
days,
White
House
Says
[CBS
News]
Earlier:
TikTok
Could
Be
Back
Up
On
The
Chopping
Block
Soon
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.