Washington — President-elect Trump is meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
The news was first reported by CNN.
A TikTok spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
During a press conference earlier Monday, Trump had warm words about TikTok and its near-term future.
“We’re going to take a look at TikTok. You know, I have a warm place in my heart for TikTok, because I won youth by 34 points. And there are those who say TikTok has something to do with that,” Trump said. when asked how he would end a ban. Harris won 54% of voters under 30, but Trump has made progress.
During his first term in the White House, Trump attempted to ban the app.
President Biden signed a bill into law earlier this year pass by Congress demanding that TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, face a Jan. 19 deadline to sever ties or be banned in the United States. The companies tried to delay the deadline while awaiting a Supreme Court review, but a federal appeals court, which enforces the law, refused the request last week. Businesses asked the Supreme Court Monday to temporarily suspend the law.
“A slight delay in implementing the law will give this Court room to conduct an orderly review and the new Administration to evaluate this matter – before this vital channel for Americans to communicate with their fellow citizens and the world is closed,” the emergency report said. says the request.
The filing asks the Supreme Court to make a decision on the request by January 6 so that ByteDance and TikTok can “coordinate with their service providers to accomplish the complex task of shutting down the TikTok platform only in the United States” if the judges refuse.
A 90-day extension may be granted if a sale is in progress by the deadline. But TikTok has argued that a sale is unfeasible and the Chinese government opposes the sale of the algorithm that powers the app.
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