Donald Trump vows to delay US ban on TikTok

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

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President-elect Donald Trump promised on Sunday to sign, upon his inauguration on Monday, a presidential decree delaying the ban on the TikTok application in the United States.

A Supreme Court decision on Friday upheld a law ordering TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to put its video sharing application on sale before January 19, 2025, under penalty of ban in the United States.

In a post on social media, Mr. Trump said he plans to sign an executive order on Monday giving ByteDance 90 days to find a buyer, adding that the United States should own 50% of the application.

“I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period before the statutory ban takes effect so that we can reach an agreement to protect our national security,” Mr. Trump wrote on the Truth Social network. .

The law adopted last April by a bipartisan majority of the US Congress orders application sales platforms to no longer host TikTok unless it is sold before January 19.

In his post, Mr. Trump asked application providers, namely Apple Store and Google Play Store, to continue offering TikTok on their respective platforms.

In a statement released Saturday, the Chinese app said it will “unfortunately be forced to close on January 19” unless “the Joe Biden government guarantees non-enforcement of the law.”

Closed since Saturday evening, TikTok is still inaccessible on Sunday in the United States. It said, shortly after Mr. Trump’s announcement, that it was working to restore its service to the American market.

“We thank President Trump for providing necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will not be penalized for hosting TikTok,” the X network app said.

Some 170 million Americans and nearly 7 million small businesses use the video-sharing app. A recent survey from the Pew Research Center showed that 17% of American adults consult the news on this platform, a jump of 500% compared to 2020.

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