Officials close to Donald Trump say the newly-elected US president is likely to try and put a stop to a ban on Chinese short video app TikTok, The Washington Post reported.
Trump promised to block the TikTok ban while on his campaign trail, after the Biden Administration signed into law a measure requiring the app’s Chinese parent firm ByteDance to divest its US operations. If ByteDance fails to do so January 19, 2025, app providers such as Apple and Google will be legally required to remove TikTok from their online stores, according to the provisions of the law.
Trump was likely to intervene on TikTok’s behalf, if necessary, to avoid such a ban, the WaPo report said, citing advisers to the president-elect.
Trump “appreciates the breadth and reach of TikTok, which he used masterfully along with podcasts and new media entrants to win,” Trump aide Kellyanne Conway told The Washington Post.
“There are many ways to hold China to account outside alienating 180 million US users each month.”
Read the full report: The Washington Post
- Vishakha Saxena
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