with tiktok apparently being back after only 20 ish hours, what I plan to do is download my bookmarks like I wanted and then get the hell off it. I’m not praising mr president for “saving” something he aimed to get rid of in the first place.
that said I’m left with one main question which is: how?
as in, by what legal process did the man supposedly overturn a supreme court decision? yes, political theatre, propaganda, whatever, that’s not the question I’m asking. I’m asking, what is the actual mechanism by which this is happening? how does this happen? is there any precedent for a president supposedly having this ability to just insta-reverse something that took months for a whole govt body to decide? I vaguely recall some bill passed late last year that would give the president more power than he constitutionally should have, but I wasn’t sure I understood it. is this connected to that?
but also, how much did he actually overturn it? did he overturn anything at all? clearly something is still in effect since you cannot find tiktok in the app store and when you search for it, this comes up:
can somebody who understands legalese help me understand what is actually happening here? I will accept even a half-baked attempt at an unbiased response. I know people have lots of strong opinions about tiktok and about trump and i’m aware there is a great degree of performativity happening here, but let’s save all that bs for a different post because that’s not what i’m asking about. i’m asking what is Going On. is the man straight up breaking the law? like. help
It’s not unbanned. He didn’t overturn the law. He can’t. This is temporary unless it sells.
amhrancas 