Proposals to ban the popular Chinese app or change its ownership are overbroad and needless.
When the Trump administration tried to ban TikTok three years ago, you might recall that things didn’t go so well. The Biden administration believes it will have better luck, but don’t count on it.
President Trump issued an executive order in 2020 that claimed the popular video-sharing app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, was a threat to national security, and he directed the U.S. Commerce Department to prevent TikTok from being downloaded in app stores. TikTok influencers sued to block the order, and a federal judge ruled that the administration had overstepped its authority.
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Jason L. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a columnist at The Wall Street Journal, and a Fox News commentator. Follow him on Twitter here.
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