Viral video app TikTok won’t be The Swingin’ Stewardessesshut down in the U.S. today, regardless of the Trump administration's original deadline.
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the Commerce Department will not enforce the government’s order, which would have basically shut down TikTok on Thursday, due to a preliminary injunction against the move by a U.S. District Court Judge in Philadelphia.
While TikTok itself made legal moves earlier this week to delay the shutdown, the company has three of its own users to thank for the government’s current position. The preliminary injunction cited by the Commerce Department was the result of a lawsuitfiled by three popular TikTok creators — Douglas Marland, Cosette Rinab, and Alec Chambers. Each of them has millions of followers on the platform.
The Trump administration arguedthat TikTok was a national security threat due to its China-based parent company ByteDance's connection to the Chinese government. An executive orderfrom the president gave TikTok until November 12 to cut ties with ByteDance.
TikTok has attempted to satiate Trump’s demands, partnering with the U.S.-based technology company Oracle. However, that deal has not yet been finalized.
In an interesting turn of events, TikTok announcedit was filing a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday to halt the order. The company claims the Trump administration hasn’t responded to its attempts to make contact for weeks.
If the ban went through, Apple would have been forced to remove TikTok’s app from the App Store. Other online services companies, like Amazon and Google, which provides web hosting for the app, would have been barred from doing business with TikTok as well.
TikTok isn’t safe from the Trump administration’s shutdown order quite yet. However, with Trump’s attention currently focused on trying to overturn an election, which he lost, TikTok seems poised to avert a U.S. ban.
Topics Social Media TikTok Donald Trump
A worthless juicer and a Gipper-branded server
How to watch JMU vs. Air Force football livestreams: kickoff time, streaming deals, and more
Where to buy Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 before Apple stops selling them (for now)
Up to 40% off Logitech simulators and accessories
Best robot vacuum deal: Save $200 on Eufy X10 Pro Omni robot vacuum
How to Imitate George Saunders by Benjamin Nugent
Cole Porter’s College Days by Brian Cullman
Less Is More by Kyle Chayka
Virtual Reality: The True Cost of Admission (and Why It Doesn't Matter)
The Limits of Standard English by David Shariatmadari
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2: $40 off at Amazon
Announcing Our New Publisher, Mona Simpson by The Paris Review
Pendulum by Jill Talbot
I Can’t Let Kobe Go by Tara K. Menon
New MIT report reveals energy costs of AI tools like ChatGPT
TikTok desktop is new and improved
Meta's censorship of Palestine content is 'systemic,' Human Rights Watch finds
Redux: I Lost the Time of Day about Three Weeks Ago by The Paris Review
Exceptionally rare radio sources detected in the distant universe
Meta's censorship of Palestine content is 'systemic,' Human Rights Watch finds
A Gentler Reality TelevisionMay ’68: Posters of the RevolutionThe Soviet Anthology of “Negro Poetry” by Jennifer WilsonWriters’ Fridges: Carmen Maria MachadoWhat Our Contributors Are Reading This Month by The Paris ReviewWho Gets to Be “Brooklyn Born”?Announcing Our Spring Issue by The Paris ReviewA Gentler Reality TelevisionPoetry Rx: Lie to Yourself, What You Will Lose Is YourselfThe Book JeanSound Tracks: An Interview with Simone FortiStaff Picks: Kendrick, Cardi Covers, and Cautionary TalesThe Difficulty in Writing About MurderEt Tu, Brute?Boy Genus: An Interview with Michael KuppermanA Gentler Reality TelevisionMay ’68: A Great Lyrical CommunityFragile but Fixable: The Collages of Deborah Roberts by Deborah RobertsWriters’ Fridges: Leslie JamisonTwenty Years Later: On Massive Attack and ‘Mezzanine’ Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and more weigh in on sexual harassment Samsung Galaxy S9 could fix the worst thing about the Galaxy S8 YouTuber's advent calendar for tweens was terrible and her excuse was even worse The moment Australians learned they'd voted in favor of marriage equality New Netflix study shares trends among 'public bingers' Tesla is a 'hotbed for racist behavior,' class MashReads: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter That tweet trolling a Muslim woman during the Westminster attack was actually by a Russian bot 'Project Hospital' is a modern take on the '90s game 'Theme Hospital' The Plaza offers 'Home Alone 2' package for movie's 25th anniversary New video shows Scott Kelly's thrilling return to Earth from space Are Touch ID and Face ID a match for dead bodies? Experts disagree. Artist creates erasure poems out of celebrities' apology statements Parts of Puerto Rico lose power again after another grid failure Gal Gadot clears up her comments on working with Brett Ratner NASA releases wondrous aerial photos of giant new Antarctic iceberg Amazon offers Prime members cheap turkey at Whole Foods to kick off rewards program New Google Home feature lets you 'broadcast' messages between devices This soccer player's name and number combination is just so wrong A 'medicane' forming in the Mediterranean will target Greece
2.4118s , 10107.7265625 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【The Swingin’ Stewardesses】,Prosperous Times Information Network