Trump has filed a brief with the Supreme Court asking for a delay on a potential national ban of TikTok until after he takes office. He argues that he can find a political resolution to the issue.
Operations in the US are alive, ahead of a crucial week for the future of the popular social media platform in the country. On Truth Social, Trump shared an infographic purporting to show the high engagement his own content has on the application. The graphic did not cite sources for any of its claims. Trump tried to ban TikTok during his first term in office, but has since changed his stance. In June, he launched his own account on the site.
The president-elect has expressed his opposition to a bill, signed into law by President Joe Biden, that threatens to ban the platform nationwide unless TikTok divests its Chinese ownership by January 19. Trump As the Jan. 19 deadline looms, the US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case on Friday to determine whether the law is unconstitutional, as TikTok argues. A brief filed on behalf of Trump in late December to the Supreme Court, his lawyer D John Sauer said Trump opposes the ban “at this juncture,” and asked the court to pause a possible ban until after Trump takes office to give him the opportunity to find a “political resolution.” The Justice Department, however, opposed Trump’s request, noting that the president-elect did not take a position on the First Amendment question and that a pause would only be warranted if TikTok could show that it could succeed on the merits of the case. TikTok, which reportedly has a user base of more than 170 million Americans, is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance. Its Chinese ownership has long been a point of tension amid national security concerns, despite the company’s efforts to assuage such worries. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at Mar-a-Lago for a meeting. The contents of their discussion have not been made public
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