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Originally Posted by Grant66
The real question is why did the Democrats let this happen?
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I guess there didn't seem any urgency since both Republicans and Democrats seemed to want the ban and it comfortably sailed through House and Senate with bipartisan support. TikTok filed lawsuits through the lower courts until it finally reached the Supreme Court.
TikTok is owned by Bytedance who are Chinese and have been accused of using the platform to access details of US citizens. They were told to divest the app to a US owner or be denied access to US. Then Trump stepped in.
In theory (as I understand it) a Presidential executive order cannot overrule a Supreme Court judgement but this is 2025 and the Supreme Court is heavily biased towards Republicans. (Trump's picked judges)