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The
Unbearable
Lightness
of
TikTok
has
been
an
annoying
ongoing
saga.
I’d
prefer
a
hard
yes
or
no
to
a
waffling
will
they/won’t
they
prospect
of
an
incoming
ban,
but
I’m
ultimately
not
the
one
who
calls
the
shots
—
I
just
report
them.
We
are
currently
two
DOJ
directives
to
not
ban
the
app
deep.
Will
Trump
pivot
toward
a
crackdown
or
push
toward
a
third
extension?
Market
Watch
has
coverage:
President
Donald
Trump
threw
a
lifeline
to
TikTok
in
January,
and
he did
it
again
in
April.
Now,
a
repeat
performance
is
widely
expected
by
Thursday,
when
his
latest
extension
is
due
to
run
out.Trump
keeps
ordering
the
Justice
Department
not
to
enforce
a
bipartisan
law
that
was
intended
to
ban
TikTok
nationwide
as
of
Jan.
19
as
long
as
the
video-sharing
platform
remains
controlled
by
its
Chinese
parent
company,
ByteDance
Ltd.
Enough
of
the
threatening
to
take
your
ball
home
because
the
score
isn’t
going
your
team’s
way!
If
Trump
decides
against
extending
the
TikTok
deadline,
it
will
probably
be
because
of
how
bad
his
little
no-show
birthday
parade
is
getting
flamed:
This
is
par
for
the
course
when
you
determine
the
legality
of
a
thing
not
based
on
the
law
or
the
Constitution,
but
the
ego
of
the
lead
dude
in
charge.
It
is
hard
to
oversell
the
importance
of
TikTok
as
an
American
soft
power
platform
—
and
given
that
the
majority
of
the
content
is
decidedly
against
American
state
doxa,
I’d
assume
that
access
to
the
app
is
teetering
toward
the
liability
side
of
the
equation.
Keep
in
mind
that
the
original
justification
for
the
ban
from
January,
national
security
concerns,
loses
steam
as
each
day
compounds
without
clear
proof
of
some
dastardly
information
breach.
We
have
until
Thursday
to
see
what
happens.
In
the
meantime,
hop
on
the
newest
Keith
Lee
dance
trend
to
get
as
many
followers
as
you
can
before
the
state
stamps
out
a
major
speech
platform:
Trump
Is
Set
To
Delay
The
TikTok
Ban
Again.
Could
He
Face
A
Lawsuit?
[Market
Watch]
Earlier:
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.