Donald Trump will take office next Monday (January 20), one day after TikTok is banned in the US. According to The Washington Post, the elected president is attempting to reverse this decision.
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TikTok could be banned in the United States on Sunday (January 19), after its owner, the Chinese company ByteDance, rejected the US government’s decision, which required TikTok to be sold and, consequently, managed by an American company if it wanted to continue operating in the country.
Since ByteDance has shown no interest in selling the app, it is expected to be banned in the country and no longer available for download from app stores starting Sunday (January 19). However, it seems that the elected president, Donald Trump, who will take office as the 47th president of the United States next week, is attempting to reverse this ban.
The information comes from The Washington Post, which reported on Wednesday, January 15, that Trump is considering issuing an executive order that would prevent the law from being enforced for 60 to 90 days. It is unclear how he plans to do this legally.
The ban was issued after members of Congress and the US Department of Justice claimed that TikTok, owned by ByteDance based in Beijing, posed an unacceptable threat to national security.
According to them, the app, managed by a Chinese company, could secretly manipulate content through its recommendation algorithm and collect massive amounts of data, such as location tracking, which TikTok has denied.
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