The entity maintains that the risk to national security due to its ties with the Asian country outweighs other concerns.
The United States Supreme Court unanimously confirmed this Friday the federal law that prohibits TikTok as of Sunday the 19th, unless it is sold by its parent company based in China. The entity maintains that the risk to national security posed by its links with the Asian country overcomes concerns about limiting application expression or its 170 million American users.
A sale does not seem imminent and, although experts say the app will not disappear from existing users’ phones, Once the law goes into effect on January 19, new users will not be able to download itand updates will not be available. That will eventually make the app inoperativethe Justice Department said in court documents.
The United States Supreme Court upheld the ban on TikTok if it is not sold by the Chinese parent company ByteDance
The decision came against the backdrop of unusual political turmoil. by President-elect Donald Trump, who promised he could negotiate a solution. Trump said in a post on Truth Social shortly before the decision was issued that TikTok was among the topics of his Friday conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
It is unclear what options Trump has once he is sworn in as president. The law allowed a 90-day pause on enforcement restrictions if a sale is advanced before it came into effect. Attorney General Elizabeth Prelogar, who argued the law at the Supreme Court for the Biden administration, told the justices last week that It is not certain that a sale – once the law is in force – could trigger a 90-day truce for TikTok.
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United States: Before taking office, Donald Trump spoke with Xi Jinping about mutual tensions
Ahead of his inauguration on January 20, with the attendance of multiple personalities, the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump maintained a rapprochement with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a telephone conversation this Friday. Both men will lead the two largest world powers this year and the Republican said that he hopes that together they can “solve many problems”: they talked, among other topics, about the TikTok platform.
The call occurred “on the afternoon of January 17”indicated the Chinese state channel CCTV without further details. Trump said he hopes the United States and China will solve “many problems together”in relation to the topics of trade, fentanyl and TikTok. The Supreme Court of the United States today validated the law that contemplates the ban of this Chinese social network.
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Bye TikTok? between the ban, the sale and Donald Trump’s key decision
The popular video application TikTok faces an uncertain future in the United States. A federal law could veto it in the country if it does not separate itself from its Chinese parent company, ByteDancebefore January 19, 2025. However, the possibility of a purchase by American investors keeps the debate alive.
President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser said Thursday that the new administration will keep TikTok alive in the United States if there is a workable deal. “We will put measures in place to prevent TikTok from disappearing,” Mike Waltz said, noting that the law authorizes a 90-day extension for the app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to complete a divestment “as long as there is a workable agreement on the table”.
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