Well, Well, Well, the Commerce Department Actually Does Remember That the TikTok Ban Was Supposed to Happen Today

A resounding silence echoed throughout the tech blogs today, the date of the long-hyped TikTok ban. It seemed to indicate that the government had hoped that the hypothetical event had already fizzled out in the recesses of public memory like so many flash-bang Trump pronouncements. But no: the Department of Commerce …

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