Essence Magazine:
By Akili King ·Updated February 4, 2025
January 19, 2025—a day marked by chaos, confusion, and an uneasy sense of inevitability. It was the moment many braced for, yet hoped would never come. For 13 hours, TikTok—the digital heartbeat of countless communities—vanished. Then, just as quickly as it left, it was revived. Last-minute assurances from the current administration promised an executive order that would extend the deadline for ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company,
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