President-elect has said his incoming administration is looking at how to save popular video app from looming deadline
TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew met Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the popular video app pins its hopes on the president-elect saving it from a looming US ban. The ByteDance-owned app is expected to be banned for the company’s 170mn US users if it does not divest from its Chinese parent under a law that comes into force on January 19, the day before Trump’s inauguration as president.
“It would not be in the interest of anyone — not the parties, the public, or the courts — for the act’s ban on TikTok to take effect only for the new administration to halt its enforcement hours, days, or even weeks later.” The divest-or-ban law was championed by Joe Biden’s administration on national security grounds, with the Department of Justice arguing the app could be wielded by Beijing for propaganda and espionage purposes given its Chinese parent.
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