Trump's Illegal Nullification of TikTok Law Enables China to Continue Indoctrinating and Collecting Information on 170 Million Americans
by Gordon G. Chang • January 28, 2025 at 5:00 am
In short, Trump nullified the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. A president, however, does not possess that inherent power.
China is using the app to target every future American president, Supreme Court chief justice, and House speaker by accumulating information — and blackmail material — on most of America's young.
Since when does the U.S. need China's approval to protect itself from China's attacks?
The U.S., therefore, has the right to expropriate without compensation — confiscate or "forfeit" in legal terms — the app, including its algorithm.
On January 20, just hours after taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order effectively delaying the application of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, better known as the "TikTok ban."
This executive order is legally questionable and severely undermines the national security of the United States.
The Act provides that no person may "distribute, maintain, or update" a "foreign adversary controlled application." The measure designates any app owned by ByteDance, including TikTok, as such an app. In short, American app stores cannot distribute that app and no American business may offer web-hosting services to it.
Trump, in a Truth Social posting on January 19, wrote: "I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security."
