The Status of TikTok’s Law and injunctions blocking a loophole-breaking ban from the U.S. to the Proton

Still, the law passed this week may not stand for much longer. In a statement calling it unconstitutional, TikTok seemed confident that the law could be overturned. The facts are on our side, and we will win, according to a TikTok spokesman. The company used a similar argument last year to win an injunction blocking a ban passed in Montana.

The WIRED Politics Lab: What Happens to the Chinese Social Media Platform TikTok and How It Could Be Changing in the US

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Joe Biden: I just signed in a law the national security package that was passed by the House of Representatives this weekend and by the Senate yesterday.

Leah Feiger is a person. A provision related to the hugely popular Chinese-owned social media platform, TikTok, was included in the aid package for Ukraine and Israel. The platform will now have to come under American ownership within a year or face being banned in the US entirely.

We are going to discuss on the show what happens to TikTok and how this new law affects politicians who use the app. Joining me this week from the WIRED Politics desk in New York are Makena Kelly and Vittoria Elliott. Makena, Tori, how are you doing after this very newsy week?

Dexter Thomas was a contributor at the first-ever music festival on TikTok, where he sat down with the company’s CEO. In that interview and others like it, Chew declares his belief that skepticism over TikTok’s security will diminish as the app earns the trust of lawmakers.

There are a few ways this could all shake out. An American company or private equity fund could buy TikTok and its powerful recommendation algorithm. ByteDance is already working on what a sale without the algorithm will look like, according to The Information, but it may have to accept the bones of the platform. Or, perhaps no buyer can be found and TikTok goes poof.

Microsoft has suggested that it has an interest in buying TikTok, and it might be one of the app’s only viable choices for a buyer. Can we call Microsoft’s biggest subsidiary, specifically, LinkedIn, a TikTok rival with a straight face?

All the potential outcomes lead to an app that is dramatically different if TikTok wins a lawsuit that challenges the law signed this week.