Trump’s extension falls into ‘gray area,’ experts say

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Upon his first day, President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning T -Tawk, which had fallen shortly in the United States last week. But the legal supply of the order is uncertain, as has a lot about the future of Teltok.

Trump issued a Executive Order On January 20, to extend the ticket ban, which was imposed by former President Joe Biden last year. The order has approved an extension of 75 days, about which Trump said he allowed his advisers and “relevant” departments and heads of agencies to address national security concerns created by tickets. Will

Executive Order comes in a “gray area”, said Ben Speaker, senior scholar of the International Center for Law and Economics. Under the federal law, it is illegal for US companies, such as internet hosting services and app stores, maintaining, distributing and updating tricktok, as this platform is owned by the Chinese company’s Baitidance. However, by Trump’s order, companies have been invited to “break” the law, under the impression that they will not face harm.

What to know about Trump’s 75 -day extension and how it affects users.

What did the executive order do?

Under Executive OrderTrump ordered the US Attorney General not to enforce the ban, and began writing a letter to the providers who have been supporting Tukk that they inform them that they will not face harm.

Under the federal legislation, which exists despite Trump’s order, companies can be fined $ 5,000 per consumer, in which they help access Ticotok. Google and Apple’s this, this can mean a $ 5,000 penalty for each user who downloads or updates T -Techtok. IT IT of Internet Hosting Services like Oracle, this can mean $ 5,000 fines for every user who accesses Taicotok using its services.

IF IF, if it is allegedly used by 170 million US trickyak and can be compensated for $ 5,000 per user, it is spread to a variety of tech companies.

This is the “heavy fines” that can be encountered, even with tech giants like Google, Apple and Oracle, Spey said.

Why did Trump issued an extension?

“The unfortunate time of Section 2 (A) of the Act (which will be implemented when the ban will have an impact) – one day before I took office as the 47th President of the United States – National Security and Foreign I interfered with my ability to assess. Executive Order.

Trump supported the tricky ban during his first administration, citing national security concerns. But recently, Trump is calling for a desire to “save” the platform.

On Sunday, Trump said he was talking to several people about buying a trick, and according to Reuters, a decision on sale will be made in the next 30 days. Last week, Trump, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Larry Alison, CEO of Oracle, expressed support to any of them by purchasing the platform. But the President told reporters on Air Force One that he did not talk about the purchase with Allison.

When the USA Today was contacted on Monday, the Trump team did not immediately respond to commenting on the executive order.

When will the extension of 75 days end?

The extension will end after April 5, 75 days after Trump implemented it on January 20.

How can Trump lift the ban, which is federal legislation?

In short, Trump and his administration are taking advantage of the “prosecution discretion”. The prosecutor’s discretion is the power of the government to decide how to apply the law to a person, or in this case, companies.

“You can, and I am sure that the executive order guards will say that, they will argue that they are using the discretion of their prosecutor here only in the public interest.”

When will the TTOCO app be returning to the app stores?

Since the platform came into the dark on January 18, the ticket is not available to download from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Google and Apple immediately responded to contact with USA Today on Monday.

Why was Takok banned?

In Spring 2024, Biden signed it Save Americans from Foreign Anti -Controlled Applications Act. By January 19, 2025, Teltok’s Chinese parent company, Ticketkov’s Chinese parent company, Baitidance was given. For years, some government officials have expressed concern that Takotok is a threat to national security, with concerns that BiTodins are sharing US user data with the Chinese government. Tactic has repeatedly denied these claims.

The Betnsis failed to distribute the platform through the deadline and on January 18, Tektok went dark in the United States, the platform was erased from the Apple app and Google Play Stores and became unusable on mobile devices and Internet browsers.

However, after President Donald Trump made promises, more than 12 hours after being available, Techtok was restored to US consumers, when the platform distribution companies were damaged under legislation. Will not have to face.

Greta Cross is a national trending reporter in the USA today. Follow it on X and Instagram @Greater Cross. The idea of ​​the story? E -mail it gcross@usatoday.com.

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