I think it could be because there is/was a high likelihood that Trump could defame election companies like Smartmatic during the speech. Fox News had to settle defamation defamation claims over the 2020 election for nearly $1B. ABC and NBC aren’t necessarily shielded from liability just because Trump says it on live TV.
And now Trump has overruled the policy and said they should continue.
He’s transparent… he wants to sell them
By November 2026… after that who knows
How does the government ban an os? Can’t is a strong word, but I don’t see that happening. It’s a Canadian based foundation, not a Chinese or Russian company where they could argue national security in the same way they did with Huawei or TikTok.
It’s more likely a federal os-level age verification law gets passed and grapheneOS compromises or backs out out of the US market.
Trump can’t really do anything. It’s a UK warrant backed by an extradition treaty between the US and UK signed Congress. Pardon inapplicable. Now, his soft power and influence may bring influence to bear, but he’s limited by his actual authority to do anything.