Over the past month, the situation regarding a proposed TikTok ban has significantly evolved since Republican President Donald Trump stepped back into office. The idea of a ban was first introduced nearly five years ago due to concerns over national security, international affairs, and U.S. data privacy. Currently, the administration is working on a way to “save” TikTok with the latest revelation being the creation of a government-run sovereign wealth fund on Monday afternoon that could be used to buy TikTok.
During his first term, Trump signed an executive order forcing ByteDance, the Chinese tech company that launched TikTok, to sell to an American company or be completely banned in the U.S. Since Trump proposed the social media platform’s ban in 2020, the app never completely shut down until Jan. 19 of this year, though the app was only offline for around 12 hours, due to several legal challenges and negotiations for any possible app alternatives. The controversy also raised numerous questions about tech platforms with Chinese influences similar to TikTok.
Democratic and Republican officials expressed concerns over TikTok’s potential threat to national security. They have also suggested measures to regulate the app before attempting to ban the platform. Initially, the Republican administration pushed for the use of the app to be completely prohibited or for the app to be sold to an American investor immediately — while the Democratic administration decided to take more of a “regulation and security” approach to the situation. Despite their efforts and differing strategies, both parties culminated to work together to create state-level bans on federal devices to alleviate any potential threat done by any foreign-owned social media platform.
TikTok lifestyle creator and Mississippi College senior Miles Taylor Leverette (@mtizzlesillylilfikfok), who has amassed a following of 66,500 followers with approximately 8 million likes on TikTok, shared her perspective on the situation.
“As a military fiancé, I know there are things that our government does not allow us to know, for our safety and the safety of others,” Leverette said. “Part of me wants to believe that there are serious
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