The popular app must either find a new U.S. owner by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
The TikTok logo is displayed on the smartphone screen, on July 10, 2024.prepares to take office, one of his first orders of business will be to decide about the fate of TikTok in the United States -- and some of his cabinet appointees appear to be split on the issue.
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz -- Trump's controversial pick to for attorney general, who would lead the department that would enforce any ban -- voted against a ban of the app while he was a member of the House -- though he signaled some support for the initiative. "Congress itself has offered nothing to suggest that the TikTok platform poses the types of risks to data security or the spread of foreign propaganda that could conceivably justify the act," TikTok's lawsuit said., Trump could try to stop the ban through a number of methods, including pushing Congress to repeal the law banning the app, refusing to enforce the ban, or helping TikTok find a U.S. buyer to comply with the law and render the issue moot.
Responding to allegations regarding TikTok, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Nig last year said that China "has never and will not" direct companies to illegally collect data in other countries, according to
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