TikTok briefly went offline in the U.S. after a ban under PAFACA, requiring ByteDance to divest its U.S. operations over national security concerns. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling, setting a January 2025 deadline. While the app resumed after Trump’s support, its future remains uncertain, with speculation on U.S. buyers and users migrating to other platforms.
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American Exceptionalism Is A Continuation of Colonial Mindset
Decolonisation as a concept has succeded only on the map. However, it has failed to materialise as a concept in thinking, ideology and policy. The past colonial powers and America the force that shaped the fate of the world wars continued to exploit other nations and shape their destiny. Post the second world war, the US with its stature in geopolitics took on the mantle of colonialism as an extension of foreign policy.