PAUL: TikTok Ban 'About Controlling Speech and Expanding Government Power'
President Donald Trump just launched his own channel on the platform. #40
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September 17 is currently the deadline for the TikTok ban in the United States, if its parent company ByteDance does not sell its stake to an American buyer. President Donald Trump extended the deadline to this date in June.
The TikTok ban was passed by Congress in April 2024 and was signed into law by President Joe Biden. Trump was originally in favor of it.
But then something changed. When Trump extended the deadline in June, it was the third time he had pushed it back.
In fact, this week, the White House launched its own TikTok account.
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