If the US Supreme Court does not rule in TikTok's favour, the short video app could find an unlikely saviour in president-elect Donald Trump

The short video app is believed to have played an important role in Trump’s victory, boosting his performance among young voters

The case has drawn widespread attention in China due to its focus on AI LLM training and in light of the country's race to develop the technology

A Trump aide said the president-elect 'appreciates the breadth and reach of TikTok' and that there were 'many ways to hold China to account'

The decision comes after last year Ottawa began reviewing TikTok's plan to invest and expand its business in Canada

The app’s Chinese owners are feeling the pressure from US regulators over spying claims and content concerns

If the app's legal endeavour fails, TikTok will face a ban in its second-biggest market as soon as January 19

In a 99-page document submitted to a US court, TikTok and ByteDance argued the divest-or-ban bill was punitive, speculative and needed to be struck down

Trump’s remarks are a sharp U-turn from his earlier stance on the app, given it was he who began the US crusade against TikTok during his presidency in 2020

TikTok’s Chinese parent company has ordered engineers to split the app's recommendation algorithm — a tedious task involving millions of lines of code, according to a new report

A group of TikTok creators has filed suit to block the law that could ban the app while TikTok itself and parent company ByteDance have also filed a similar lawsuit

The video-sharing app will use specially-created software that is also set to be adopted by Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms’ Instagram and Facebook