Trump says he will delay TikTok ban, proposes joint venture with US ownership

Tik Tok It has become dark for users In the United States on Saturday night, but it may not be gone for long.

President-elect Donald Trump Published on Social Truth On Sunday morning, he announced that he would issue an executive order on Monday that would “extend the period of time before the law’s ban goes into effect, so that we can reach an agreement to protect our national security.”

Even before TikTok went down, Trump said he would do so “probably” Give the company a 90-day extension.

In a blog post on Sunday, Trump also gave his “initial idea” of what the deal might look like, describing it as a “joint venture between the current owners and/or new owners where the US gets 50% ownership.”

Bipartisan majority in both chambers of Congress The law was passed last April This would force ByteDance to either sell TikTok or ban it in the US; President Joe Biden quickly signed the law. Trump who He tried to force ByteDance to sell TikTok during his first termHe opposed the ban loudly this time.

with The Supreme Court upholds the law In a ruling issued Friday, with the law set to take effect Sunday and Trump’s inauguration scheduled for Monday, White House and Justice Department officials made statements indicating they would leave actual enforcement of the ban to the next president.

However, TikTok said that “important service providers” Need “more specific statement” that they will not be penalized for continuing to host or list the application; Without these guarantees, the application will disappear. (A White House spokesperson called TikTok’s stance a “stunt.”) When The application has already crashedTikTok shared a message with users saying, “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to bring TikTok back once he takes office.”

Trump’s post notes that he would like to see TikTok up and running again even before he issues his executive order, writing that he is “asking companies not to allow TikTok to remain dark” and that his order “will confirm that there will be no liability for anything” by the company that helped… Prevent TikTok from turning dark before my application.

“Americans deserve to see our exciting inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations,” Trump wrote.