A US ban on TikTok is set to take effect in less than a month, and President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he wants to keep the app around. According to Reuters..
“We're going to start thinking, you know, because we're on TikTok, we've got billions and billions of views,” Trump told supporters at an event in Phoenix, Arizona. “They brought me a chart; It's just a record. It's so beautiful to see I looked at it and said, 'We're going to have to keep this brush for a while.'
Trump Reportedly met with the CEO of TikTok. Monday, after saying he has a “warm spot” in his heart for the app.
President Joe Biden A bill was signed into law in April. TikTok's parent company ByteDance needs to sell the video app by January 19 next year (the day before Trump takes office) or be banned.
ByteDance is fighting the bill in court. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the arguments. January 10th.