In a statement released via X, TikTok Policy said, “We appreciate President Trump giving our service providers the clarity and assurance.
They need to know they won’t be penalized for giving TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and enabling more than 7 million small businesses to prosper.”
It is a resounding defense of the First Amendment and an opposition to capricious censorship. We’ll collaborate with President Trump to find a sustainable solution that retains TikTok in the US.
Joel Thayer, a DC-based digital lawyer and policy specialist, said the shutdown was probably a “PR stunt” after the abrupt change in circumstances. Thayer told The Post on Sunday.
That TikTok’s early closure was either the result of business ineptitude or a calculated public relations ploy to create a phony feeling of alarm. “I assume it’s the latter because it’s waffling.”
