Despite bipartisan support for banning TikTok – essentially spyware presenting a national security threat from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – in the United States (as done by India) and the Supreme Court’s upholding of the law as constitutional and requiring the app to go dark, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) during his first day in office giving TikTok 75 days to “pursue a resolution.”

TikTok already had several months to “pursue a resolution,” which was to divest itself from the PRC so it could not collect and use Americans’ sensitive data. TikTok does not want to pursue this resolution because it wants to keep collecting, using, manipulating, and spying on U.S. citizens.

This is a disappointing development, and hopefully, Trump, who originally supported the ban, will come to his senses to protect national security and keep the PRC from spying on unwary citizens.