Forbes February 3, 2025
In March 2024, the U.S. government took an unprecedented step toward banning TikTok, the wildly popular social media platform owned by China-based ByteDance. Congress, in a rare and overwhelming display of bipartisan agreement, passed a bill citing national security concerns. The Supreme Court then unanimously upheld the decision.
On January 18, TikTok went dark across the country. Then came a stunning reversal.
Within 24 hours, the app was back online as if nothing had happened. The following day, President Trump announced a 75-day delay in enforcement, vaguely promising to “work something out.”
Suddenly, lawmakers who had previously championed TikTok’s ban, citing it as an urgent national security risk, fell silent. They offered no protest, no demand for explanation, no criticism...
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