WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) ITALPRESS) – Ahead of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump has called for a postponement of the legislative deadline that would lead to a ban on the TikTok social network on U.S. soil. The bill passed last April by the U.S. Congress specifically states that if, by Jan. 19, the Chinese company ByteDance does not sell the platform to a U.S. buyer, a ban on the app will be imposed in all 50 states.
If there is no particular change, the law would go into effect the day before Trump’s inauguration in Washington. However, the president-elect would like to reverse that course by filing a legal brief to obtain a temporary suspension of the measure. The goal would be to negotiate a possible political resolution to remedy national security issues.
U.S. authorities are concerned that the company ByteDance, which operates TikTok, may be forced under Chinese laws to share the personal data of the 170 million American users of the app with the Chinese government. Trump’s stance on social has been extremely contradictory in recent years. During his first term, the tycoon had issued an executive order to block TikTok nationwide, requiring ByteDance to hand over data on American users. The order was
was later rescinded by the Biden-Harris administration, which proposed the sale of the social to a U.S. company, culminating in the passage of the latest bill that, should no divestment occur, would lead to a total ban on TikTok in the United States starting Jan. 19.
During the last campaign, Trump had already signaled his intention to safeguard TikTok by finding a diplomatic solution that would address national security concerns. In the
document submitted to the Supreme Court, the tycoon claims that he has the negotiating skills to reach an agreement during his term in office.
Prior to Trump’s intervention, the matter was already complex because of the appeal filed by TikTok, which argued that such measures in addition to restricting the app market would not respect the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
regarding freedom of expression. On this issue, the Supreme Court has already scheduled a series of hearings on January 10. At present, the Chinese company has not yet made any statement regarding Trump’s stance on the matter. Recently the tycoon had stated that he
he has a soft spot for the Chinese platform, claiming that he “won the youth vote by 34 points and some people think TikTok had something to do with that.” This is actually a statistic that does not correspond to reality since, according to CNN data, Trump lost by 11 points to his rival,
Vice President Kamala Harris, among voters between the ages of 18 and 29. For the time being, the only certainty is that the president-elect’s intervention contributes to an even more contentious legal dispute over TikTok’s survival in the United States.
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