Application of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok
Executive Order 2025-02087
|Signed on January 21, 2025
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What it means
Orders the Attorney General not to enforce the law banning TikTok for 75 days. This pause allows the new administration time to assess national security concerns while preventing an abrupt shutdown of the platform used by 170 million Americans.
Expected impact
- Provides temporary relief for TikTok and ByteDance, allowing the platform to continue operating normally in the US
- Creates a window for possible negotiations between the Biden administration and ByteDance to address national security concerns
- May face criticism from lawmakers who supported the original ban on national security grounds
- Signals the administration's more cautious approach to handling Chinese-owned technology companies
- Financial markets may respond positively to TikTok's parent company and related tech stocks