Earlier today the Supreme Court unanimously rejected TikTok’s constitutional challenge to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACAA), which will block most of TikTok’s operations in the United States unless its Chinese parent company, Bytedance, divests. With the law’s Jan. 19 deadline looming and major questions about implementation remaining, here’s what you need to know.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Legally sketchy is hardly new ground for him. By rights he shouldn’t even be here.

    All his underlings will fall in line because he’s a petulant man-child.

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      Sure, but why would Apple and Google go along with it? Basically no benefit for them and the potential of an $850 billion fine down the road.