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If an executive order conflicts with an existing law, the law takes precedence, and the order can be struck down by the courts."
Sarah Kreps, professor of government and law at Cornell University, said Congress wrote this law to be virtually president-proof,
warned Adam Kovacevich, chief executive of industry trade group Chamber of Progress TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identified by Congress in developing this law,
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement, noting Today’s unprecedented decision upholding the TikTok ban harms the free expression of hundreds of millions of TikTok users in this country and around the world,
said Kate Ruane, a director at the Washington-based Center for Democracy & Technology, which has supported TikTok’s challenge to the federal law I’m very, very concerned about what’s going to happen over the next couple weeks,
said Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner mechanic shop in Conyers, Georgia If TikTok goes away, there’s going to be a real hole in the market,
Dominique Raccah, the publisher and chief executive of Sourcebooks, told the New York Times In addition, we request that you clarify that no app store, internet hosting service, or other provider faces any risk of enforcement or penalties with respect to TikTok, CapCut, or any other ByteDance apps, until such further guidance has been issued,
said the letter by attorney Jeffrey Fisher We’re really in uncharted territory here in terms of tech policy,
said Sarak Kreps, the director of Cornell University’s Tech Policy Institute (The ... The app) is all in Mandarin, I believe, and there’s a lot of terms which I don’t know what I’m agreeing to,
The US as a country is so powerful and big and I don’t think TikTok can keep going if there’s no American users on the app,
said Mr Pratt, who has more than 220,000 followers on TikTok A lot of creators rely on this app for a living, and it’s about to be pulled away from under them,
he told the PA news agency Influencers are often actors, musicians, comedians and people in the arts,
the London-based creator told PA Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19,
TikTok said in a statement on Friday The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans,
TikTok said in its statement Given the sheer fact of timing, this Administration recognizes that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration, which takes office on Monday,
The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation,
US President-elect Donald Trump wrote on social media platform Truth Social I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,
Chew said in a video posted on the platform Making videos and reaching people on TikTok is so much easier than a lot of other platforms,
said Nathan Espinoza, who has more than 500,000 followers on TikTok At this point, I really don't know what to believe,
Wade told The Associated Press It's kind of like they keep putting the ball in each other's court, but who's going to make the decision?"
