Washington – President-elect Trump will meet with TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
The news first reported it CNN.
A TikTok spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a press conference yesterday, Monday, Trump had warm words about TikTok and its short-term future.
“We’re going to take a look at TikTok. You know, I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok, because I won the youth by 34 points. And there are those who say that TikTok has something to do with it,” Trump said. when asked how he would stop a ban. Harris won 54% of voters under 30, but Trump made inroads.
During his first term in the White House, Trump tried to ban the app.
President Biden earlier this year signed a bill into law past from Congress demanding that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance face a Jan. 19 deadline to cut ties or face a US ban. The companies have tried to delay the deadline pending a Supreme Court review, but a federal appeals court, which he kept the law, denied the request last week The companies asked the Supreme Court Monday to temporarily suspend the law.
“A modest delay in implementing the Act will provide breathing room for this Court to conduct an orderly review and for the new administration to evaluate this matter, before this vital channel for Americans to communicate with their fellow citizens and the world,” said the emergency. application said.
The filing asked 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 carry out the complex task of shutting down the platform TikTok only in the United States” if the judges decline.
A 90-day extension could be granted if a sale is in process at the deadline. But TikTok has argued that a sale is unworkable and the Chinese government opposes selling the algorithm that powers the app.
