Washington — President-elect Trump is assembly with TikTok CEO Shou Chew on Monday at his Mar-a-Lago property, based on sources aware of the assembly.
The information was first reported by CNN.
A spokesperson for TikTok didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
At a information convention earlier Monday, Trump had heat phrases about TikTok and its near-term future.
“We’ll check out TikTok. You know, I’ve a heat spot in my coronary heart for TikTok, as a result of I gained youth by 34 factors. And there are people who say that TikTok has one thing to do with that,” Trump mentioned when requested about how he would cease a ban. Harris gained 54% of voters underneath 30, however Trump made inroads.
During his first time period within the White House, Trump tried to ban the app.
President Biden earlier this 12 months signed into regulation a invoice passed by Congress requiring TikTok and its Chinese father or mother firm, ByteDance, face a Jan. 19 deadline to chop ties or be banned within the U.S. The firms have tried to delay the deadline pending a Supreme Court evaluation, however a federal appeals courtroom, which upheld the law, denied the request final week. The firms asked the Supreme Court on Monday to quickly pause the regulation.
“A modest delay in imposing the Act will create respiratory room for this Court to conduct an orderly evaluation and the brand new Administration to judge this matter — earlier than this important channel for Americans to speak with their fellow residents and the world is closed,” the emergency software mentioned.
The submitting requested the Supreme Court to decide on the request by Jan. 6 so ByteDance and TikTok can “coordinate with their service suppliers to carry out the complicated activity of shutting down the TikTok platform solely within the United States” if the justices decline.
A 90-day extension could possibly be granted if a sale is in course of by the deadline. But TikTok has argued {that a} sale is unfeasible and the Chinese authorities opposes the sale of the algorithm which powers the app.
