Dr. Brian L Ott explains that TikTok is banned in the US, but Trump deferred the enforcement of the ban, meaning users face no legal consequences. #Trump #TikTok
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00:00If no deal is reached, will TikTok be banned in the U.S. and what will this mean for millions
00:07of influencers who make a living off this platform and users?
00:12You said Trump could extend the fact that TikTok could carry on, but inevitably there
00:19has to be a solution.
00:21Right, so to be clear, TikTok is already banned, so the law was passed in 2024 and the law
00:27is in effect.
00:28So TikTok is already banned in the U.S., but what Donald Trump has done is he has deferred
00:34enforcement of that ban, right?
00:37So it's actually, the app is already illegal, but no one is being punished for use of the
00:43app.
00:44I think he will continue to extend the grace period where there's no kind of punishment
00:51until he's actually able to close some kind of deal.
00:54But what people have suggested from behind the scenes is that we are in fact getting
01:01closer and closer to a deal, although it is far likely to be less tough on ByteDance and
01:07the Chinese government than what was originally proposed.