Reports on CBS News ░░░░░░░░ York Stay with CBS ░░░░░░░░ New York as we ░░░░░░░░ Trump s second inauguration ░░░░░░░░ will have special coverage ░░░░░░░░ the ceremonies at 9 ░░░░░░░░ A M gt gt ░░░░░░░░ in the meantime as ░░░░░░░░ Trump returns to power ░░░░░░░░ morning he is delaying ░░░░░░░░ ban on tech talk ░░░░░░░░ gt this comes after ░░░░░░░░ social media app shut ░░░░░░░░ After yesterday s rally ░░░░░░░░ discussed one of the ░░░░░░░░ for the approval of ░░░░░░░░ gt gt I said ░░░░░░░░ will approve but let ░░░░░░░░ United States of America ░░░░░░░░ 50 of TikTok I ░░░░░░░░ approving on behalf of ░░░░░░░░ United States So they ░░░░░░░░ have a partner the ░░░░░░░░ States and the United ░░░░░░░░ will do what we ░░░░░░░░ a joint venture and ░░░░░░░░ is no risk we ░░░░░░░░ not putting up any ░░░░░░░░ all we re doing ░░░░░░░░ giving them the approval ░░░░░░░░ which they do not ░░░░░░░░ anything gt gt we ░░░░░░░░ joined now to discuss ░░░░░░░░ is next Chris Pearson ░░░░░░░░ owner of a cyber ░░░░░░░░ company Can you break ░░░░░░░░ exactly what you think ░░░░░░░░ happen next with the ░░░░░░░░ app gt gt well ░░░░░░░░ mean look Right now ░░░░░░░░ fact of the matter ░░░░░░░░ that as of January ░░░░░░░░ 2025 just one day ░░░░░░░░ right TikTok had to ░░░░░░░░ down temporarily until it ░░░░░░░░ additional written statements from ░░░░░░░░ president that they would ░░░░░░░░ take action What will ░░░░░░░░ once the president is ░░░░░░░░ into office today is ░░░░░░░░ the president may grant ░░░░░░░░ one time extension on ░░░░░░░░ for TikTok for 90 ░░░░░░░░ This means that the ░░░░░░░░ to the divestiture has ░░░░░░░░ identified and there has ░░░░░░░░ significant progress in that ░░░░░░░░ are some types of ░░░░░░░░ binding agreements that have ░░░░░░░░ worked on It is ░░░░░░░░ likely this will be ░░░░░░░░ as one of the ░░░░░░░░ executive orders today in ░░░░░░░░ and that Will Grant ░░░░░░░░ days for them to ░░░░░░░░ out what to do ░░░░░░░░ TikTok Once again this ░░░░░░░░ a federally past congressionally ░░░░░░░░ law so they are ░░░░░░░░ to have to do ░░░░░░░░ few different things if ░░░░░░░░ takes place beyond the ░░░░░░░░ days gt gt he ░░░░░░░░ the one that first ░░░░░░░░ it up about banning ░░░░░░░░ and now he is ░░░░░░░░ it back and after ░░░░░░░░ access they thanked President ░░░░░░░░ Trump who like I ░░░░░░░░ he was the one ░░░░░░░░ initiated this years ago ░░░░░░░░ gt yeah it is ░░░░░░░░ Factually speaking Trump signed ░░░░░░░░ order banning TikTok in ░░░░░░░░ and then amended that ░░░░░░░░ make it a 90 ░░░░░░░░ divestiture period on August ░░░░░░░░ And then once again ░░░░░░░░ law was signed into ░░░░░░░░ April 2024 So this ░░░░░░░░ something that has seen ░░░░░░░░ Republican and democratic administrations ░░░░░░░░ something that was really ░░░░░░░░ ratified and thought through ░░░░░░░░ in Congress and that ░░░░░░░░ why you saw the ░░░░░░░░ courts did not intervene ░░░░░░░░ was once again put ░░░░░░░░ place to protect against ░░░░░░░░ that are for an ░░░░░░░░ Controlled applications that might ░░░░░░░░ some type of a ░░░░░░░░ or security impact against ░░░░░░░░ 170 million Americans There ░░░░░░░░ also also other things ░░░░░░░░ in terms of the ░░░░░░░░ and the amount of ░░░░░░░░ But once again a ░░░░░░░░ curious path to where ░░░░░░░░ are now gt gt ░░░░░░░░ has been a surge ░░░░░░░░ people signing up for ░░░░░░░░ app red note in ░░░░░░░░ of TikTok How similar ░░░░░░░░ it and is that ░░░░░░░░ safe gt gt it ░░░░░░░░ have many of the ░░░░░░░░ concerns as to talk ░░░░░░░░ the parent company being ░░░░░░░░ is a Chinese owned ░░░░░░░░ and with red note ░░░░░░░░ is similar foreign controlled ░░░░░░░░ I don t feel ░░░░░░░░ we will see a ░░░░░░░░ shift The audience is ░░░░░░░░ the TikTok and now ░░░░░░░░ TikTok going dark and ░░░░░░░░ back in less than ░░░░░░░░ hours I think what ░░░░░░░░ will see is people ░░░░░░░░ with TikTok in the ░░░░░░░░ trying to figure it ░░░░░░░░ Some have the divestiture ░░░░░░░░ that can fall within ░░░░░░░░ agreements of the law ░░░░░░░░ asking Congress to go ░░░░░░░░ and take additional action ░░░░░░░░ TikTok and other apps ░░░░░░░░ it gt gt essentially ░░░░░░░░ guess to summarize here ░░░░░░░░ all the Americans out ░░░░░░░░ concerned they are losing ░░░░░░░░ or the business owners ░░░░░░░░ were thinking that they ░░░░░░░░ going to lose all ░░░░░░░░ this revenue because this ░░░░░░░░ their business are they ░░░░░░░░ safe now for the ░░░░░░░░ part gt gt it ░░░░░░░░ expected today with that ░░░░░░░░ order that everyone will ░░░░░░░░ safe in the next ░░░░░░░░ days You have the ░░░░░░░░ and judicial branches three ░░░░░░░░ branches of government Democracy ░░░░░░░░ frail so this will ░░░░░░░░ take an action beyond ░░░░░░░░ president’s si