In
January,
TikTok’s
“vulnerabilities”
were
designated
as
a
major
national
security
concern.
A
widely
used
app
owned
by
a
foreign
government
was
so
apparently
dangerous
that
the
government
decided
they’d
rather
shut
it
down
than
to
let
people
post
their
dancing
vids
and
shock
at
overseas
atrocities
go
uninterrupted.
The
Trump
administration
has
opted
to
kick
the
can
down
the
block
until
they
figure
out
a
solution
to
the
problem
of
a
town
square
that
isn’t
owned
by
an
American
billionaire.
We’re
now
on
our
fourth
extension.
This
is
from
CNN:
Trump
on
Tuesday
signed
an
executive
order
extending
the
enforcement
of
a
TikTok
ban
in
the
United
States
by
another
three
months
–
an
action
that
may
be
superseded
later
if
the
agreement
to
sell
the
social
media
app’s
US
assets
to
an
American-backed
buyer
is
finalized.The
executive
order
was
necessary
to
avoid
TikTok
going
dark
in
the
United
States
on
Wednesday,
when
the
previous
extension
was
set
to
expire.
The
exact
details
probably
won’t
be
known
until
the
ink
dries
and
we
are
all
notified
via
a
Whitehouse.gov
release,
but
negotiations
appear
to
skew
toward
20%
of
TikTok
being
owned
by
China.
I’m
not
exactly
sure
how
that
does
anything
to
rectify
the
risk
posed
by
a
foreign
government
having
access
to
our
vulnerable
“data”
—
maybe
the
threat
is
lessened
by
the
new
policing
tactics
and
surveillance
that
has
ramped
up
since
the
app
first
came
back
from
going
dark.
Much
like
the
content
that
can
be
found
on
Facebook,
TikTok
has
regulated
and
taken
down
videos
that
discuss
current
controversial
topics
like
abortion,
even
when
the
videos
don’t
violate
any
of
the
terms
of
service.
In
the
meantime,
make
the
most
of
what
remains
of
this
iteration
of
the
TikTok
extension
before
it
becomes
the
next
Truth
Social.
We
Now
Know
Who
The
New
Owners
Of
TikTok
Will
Be
–
If
Trump
Gets
His
Deal
Done
With
Xi
[CNN]
Earlier:
Surprise,
Surprise,
The
TikTok
Ban
Is
Delayed
A
Third
Time
TikTok
Is
Under
New
Management
And
Features
New
Free
Speech
Issues
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.