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ugarles.bsky.social • 61 days ago

so that's not how it works except now maybe it is. fun times.

President-elect Trump said he will sign an executive order Monday to delay enforcing the U.S. ban on TikTok.

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arthuragain.bsky.social•60 days ago

Well, what is "law", anyway?

triumph.boggsmemorialleague.com•61 days ago

isn’t the potential fine something like $850 billion? even if he does do this, what’s to stop TikTok/Bytedance from saying “cool, thanks—but we’re gonna stay closed cause we don’t have a trillion bucks on hand”

americaonline.bsky.social•61 days ago

The children yearn for firm rule under the hand of a benevolent king

admiralron.bsky.social•61 days ago

We love a good "what are you going to do about it?" moment, don't we folks? Truly this honor based system of checks and balances is impervious

pocono.bsky.social•61 days ago

Isn't it written into the law that it can be delayed for 90 days to try and find a buyer?

ugarles.bsky.social•61 days ago

my understanding is the delay is only to allow a known bona fide purchaser to finish negotiating the details

nirgalm25.bsky.social•61 days ago

So i guess bytedance, apple, Google and Oracle would all be betting that no dem admin in the future will prosecute or that if they do, the courts will say that Trump's "U.S. is going to take 50% ownership" counted as a real purchaser?

pocono.bsky.social•61 days ago

Oh okay, that makes sense.