Resolves YES if the deadline for Bytedance to divest from the US entity TikTok is removed or extended past January 19th 2025, 23:59 ET.
If Trump arranges for TikTok’s deadline to be extended, and the extension technically begins after he takes power on the 19th, this market will still resolve Yes as long as TikTok never becomes unavailable to the majority of US residents. This applies even if the deadline technically runs out before the extension takes effect.
Otherwise, this market will resolve No as soon as TikTok the deadline is passed and there are no plans for an extension. If Trump has announced plans for an extension, but TikTok has become unavailable for any amount of time for the majority of US residents as the deadline has passed, then this market will resolve No.
There has been discussion on some unlikely, but possible hypothetical scenarios which would be unclear how the market should resolve based on the existing title and criteria.
Hopefully the following clarification is unnecessary, but just in case:
-If Trump extends the deadline at some point following the 19th, but TikTok becomes unavailable for the majority of users in the US for any period of time before the extended deadline begins, then this will resolve NO as soon as TikTok becomes unavailable.
-If Trump arranges for TikTok’s deadline to be extended, and the extension technically begins after he takes power on the 19th, this market will still resolve Yes as long as TikTok never becomes unavailable to the majority of US residents. This applies even if the deadline technically runs out before the extension takes effect.
-All times are determined according to ET.
I assume if the law is invalidated by the Supreme Court, removing the deadline altogether, as opposed to extending it, this will resolve yes?
Asking because a deadline extension is something the administration can choose to do on its own under the statute’s terms, as opposed to it being invalidated
Edit: should have read the comments below, I see this is already answered
@Manifold Another corner case: what if the ban goes into effect on jan 19th but then trump extends the deadline only after he takes office on jan 20
@strutheo how will this resolve if scotus delays the implementation by injunction while the president doesn’t delay it?
@PaulHabermas that would have the effect of extending the deadline, so I hope it would result in a YES resolution
TikTok have filed an emergency appeal to SCOTUS including a request for a temporary injuction: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/facing-ban-next-month-tiktok-begs-scotus-for-help/