TikTok asked the appeals court to delay the enforcement of the law but failed and said it would take the case to the US Supreme Court. The law stipulates that ByteDance will have until January 19, 2025 to divest capital from TikTok’s US branch.
Tiktok’s office is in California, USA
The US government has long emphasized that TikTok being owned by a Chinese company poses a national security risk when it can access user data. On the same day, December 13, the US House Committee on China Issues requested the leaders of two US technology companies, Apple and Alphabet, to be ready to remove TikTok from the US app store.
Mr. Trump’s view on TikTok
In an interview with NBC News on December 9, US President-elect Donald Trump also expressed his opinion on the US federal appeals court last week upholding the validity of the law requiring Chinese company ByteDance to divest capital from the social network. TikTok Association before 2025 or TikTok will be banned in the US.
Mr. Trump is softer on TikTok, stating conditions for the US to stay in NATO
The leader said he would find ways to protect TikTok so that other companies do not become a monopoly. Mr. Trump said he used TikTok very successfully during his election campaign, winning the support of young people with a 30% gap compared to his opponent. According to NBC News’ verification, although Mr. Trump has won the most support from people under 30 years old among Republican presidential candidates since 2008, among voters aged 18-29 years old, Democratic candidates President Kamala Harris has 54% support and Mr. Trump has only 43%.
“I use TikTok so I can’t completely hate it. It’s very effective. But I will say this, if you do that (ban TikTok), something else will come along and take that spot and maybe that’s not fair. They have the right to ban it if they can prove that Chinese companies own it,” Mr. Trump said.
