, Columnist
TikTok May Not Be Able to Rely on Mr. Unreliable
One of Trump’s first important decisions could be to deprive Gen Z of its favorite app.
Don’t count on Trump.
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A federal appeals court ruling on Friday reaffirmed that a TikTok ban is more likely than not in the US.
It should be a wake-up call to the app’s millions of users, particularly those who have built careers on it. To date, they have kept calm and carried on — a collective denial that the day would ever come when they would be unable to log on. That day is set to be Jan. 19, the day before President-elect Donald Trump is set be inaugurated for his second term.