Washington — President-elect Trump is meeting with TikTok CEO Shaw Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
This news was first reported by cnn,
A TikTok spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
At a press conference early Monday, Trump had warm words about TikTok and its near future.
Trump said, “We'll take a look at TikTok. You know, I have a warm heart for TikTok, because I won with youth by 34 points. And there are people who say TikTok has something to do with it.” Have to do.” When he was asked how he would stop the ban. harris He won 54% of voters under 30, but Trump made inroads.
During his first term in the White House, Trump tried to ban the app.
President Biden signed a bill earlier this year pass Congress has required TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to cut ties or face a January 19 deadline to be banned in the US. The companies have tried to delay the deadline pending a Supreme Court review, but a federal appeals court, which upheld the law, request rejected Last week. companies asked the Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily halt the legislation.
“A minor delay in implementing the Act will create breathing space for this Court to conduct a systematic review and for the new Administration to evaluate this case – before it becomes necessary for Americans to communicate with their fellow citizens and the world.” This vital channel should be closed,” the emergency application said.
The filing asked the Supreme Court to make a decision on the request by January 6 so that ByteDance and TikTok can “coordinate with their service providers to undertake the complex task of shutting down the TikTok platform only in the United States” if the judge denies. We do.
An extension of 90 days may be granted if the sale is in process by the deadline. But TikTok has argued that the sale is unviable and the Chinese government opposes the sale of the algorithms that power the app.
