The President’s duty is to enforce the law, not cut a deal with China.
The Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban, causing the app to go dark for half a day. Then, Trump issued an executive order to postpone the ban for 75 days, allowing TikTok to go back online. Beyond the legal complexities,
Users have flooded the app with satirical videos poking fun at the U.S. government's claims about data security.
TikTok, with 170 million US users, faces a potential ban unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, sells its US operations. President Trump has delayed the ban, considering alternatives like a joint ownership with US investors.
President-elect Donald Trump said he had a "very good" call with China's President Xi Jinping on Friday about TikTok
"Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary discussed TikTok's future, particularly the role of a "secret golden share" as his offer for the platform remains on the table.
Trump has said he has a "warm spot" for the app, a distinct change of heart after his first administration first called for a ban on TikTok.
TikTok is considering alternative solutions to selling its US business, as owner ByteDance continues the fight to keep its 170 million American users after a reprieve from the Trump administration, a board member of ByteDance was quoted by Chinese magazine Caixin as saying.
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or face a U.S. ban. Now the question is whether Donald Trump will enforce this law.
President-elect Donald Trump said Friday morning that he discussed TikTok in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping hours before ... China-based parent company ByteDance or else American users ...
TikTok, although owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is headquartered in Singapore and says ... The honest, funny conversations on RedNote may not be what Chinese President Xi Jinping had in mind when he spoke about "strengthening people-to-people cultural ...
Founded in 2012, ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company behind the apps TikTok, its Chinese counterpart Douyin, and news platform Toutiao. It also owns the video game developers and publishers Moonton Games and Nuverse, and the enterprise ...