President-elect Donald Trump says he wants service providers like Apple and Google to bring TikTok back online in the US, and that proposed to form a joint venture Where America has 50 percent share of the app.
“I'm telling companies not to let TikTok remain in the dark!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday. “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect, so we can reach an agreement to protect our national security. The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped prevent TikTok from being shut down before my order.
Part of the motivation appears to be his own inauguration on Monday, which Trump says “Americans deserve to see.” He called the joint venture idea an “initial idea” and said, “By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to move forward. Without US approval, there is no TikTok.” With our approval, it's worth hundreds of billions of dollars – maybe trillions.'
Shortly after the ban took effect, Republican lawmakers poured cold water on the idea that Donald Trump would be able to stop the TikTok ban without sales of the app when he resumes his presidency on Monday. Trump did it first Issued using 90 day extension Reportedly written into law to extend sales deadline Issuing an executive order was considered,
“We will enforce the law,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on nbc meet the Press On Sunday. “When President Trump released the Truth post and said, 'Save TikTok,' the way we read it is that he's going to try to force through a true divestment.” Johnson said that “the only way to increase this is if there is a real deal in the works.”
“Now that the law has gone into effect, there is no legal basis for any type of 'extension' of its effective date,” Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE). said in a statement“In order to bring TikTok back online in the future, ByteDance must agree to a sale that meets the law’s qualified-divestiture requirements by severing all ties between TikTok and Communist China.”
Trump's Republican allies in Congress have cast doubt on the idea that a ban is viable without an actual deal freeing TikTok from the ownership of its foreign rival, saying it is unlikely that service providers like Apple and Google will owe them billions. Will risk a fine of Rs. The court should rule that Trump is wrong about his powers to block legislation.
But creating a joint venture where the US has 50 percent of the speech platform comes with its own potential First Amendment concerns. and Johnson's comments meet the Press As for why lawmakers are concerned about the app, it initially demonstrates that Congress was thinking about the content on the platform when it decided to pass the law — even though the Supreme Court has reason to think it was unconstitutional. Not seen in form. “They're flooding the minds of American children with terrible messages glorifying violence and anti-Semitism and even suicide and eating disorders,” Johnson says. “This is a very dangerous thing. The Chinese Communist Party is not our friend, and we have to make sure that changes.”