HMG's inability to speak publicly about the impetus and constraining factors behind this agreement has become simply untenable. I understand there will be further detail once the deal is signed, but the costs of the information vacuum have been extremely high. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

I'm glad Congress has pushed for this necessary ban of TikTok, but the delays imposed by the Biden administration's review in 2021 and the heel-dragging in Congress has now increased the social and political costs of the ban to a significant degree. All sadly foreseeable.