President Trump's looming ban on business dealings with TikTok will not restrict the app's employees from receiving wages or benefits, and will not make it a crime for those employees to perform their day jobs, the US government said in a court filing
The disclosure reflects the first concrete details the federal government has disclosed about how Trump's ban against TikTok would be implemented. Trump's Aug. 6 executive order outlining the ban has been met with confusion because it does not explain what Americans must do to comply with the order, but describes stiff penalties for those who violate it.
"Read MoreTrump's TikTok showdown is poised to reward his Silicon Valley political alliesYet two days later, the Justice Department reversed course, outlining how Trump's ban will not affect Ryan's wages, or those of his colleagues, after all. The filing said that if and when Trump's TikTok ban goes into effect after Sept.
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