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Trump Says He’s “Thinking About Making A Decision” Regarding Permanently Banning TikTok—Following His Previous Claims To Shut Down Social Media Platforms

<p>During a recent interview&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;twitter-temporarily-suspends-donald-trump-jr-s-account-for-spreading-coronavirus-misinformation&sol;">Trump<&sol;a> announced that he is still considering banning TikTok and possibly other social media platforms&period; He also stated that he will base his decision following the Congressional hearing with tech CEOs from Facebook&comma; Amazon&comma; Apple and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The CEOs of four of the biggest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;Technology&sol;ceos-amazon-apple-facebook-google-face-congressional-antitrust&sol;story&quest;id&equals;72034939">tech companies<&sol;a> in the world—Amazon&comma; Apple&comma; Facebook and Google—faced lawmakers earlier today for a hearing on digital competition that could have drastic impacts on an industry largely unhindered by regulators&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The intense questioning of tech titans Jeff Bezos&comma; Tim Cook&comma; Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai &lpar;the companies&&num;8217&semi; respective CEOs&rpar;&comma; was conducted by the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee as part of its ongoing&comma; year-long investigation into competition in the digital market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CDOuqcShs17" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just before the hearing began&comma; Trump took to a tech platform of his own&comma; Twitter&comma; and wrote the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If Congress doesn&&num;8217&semi;t bring fairness to Big Tech&comma; which they should have done years ago&comma; I will do it myself with Executive Orders&period; In Washington&comma; it has been ALL TALK and NO ACTION for years&comma; and the people of our Country are sick and tired of it&excl;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trump’s comments come after his son&comma; 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