The Tiktok ban is approved by the US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court has approved the ban on Tiktok, NBC News reports. The Chinese owner Bytedance needs to sell the American part of Tiktok by Sunday to avoid the platform being shut down in the US.
US President-elect Donald Trump wrote earlier on Friday on the social media platform Truth Social that he had discussed Tiktok with Chinese President Xi Jinping, TT reports.
In a statement, the White House wrote that Tiktok should remain available in the US, but given the timing of the Supreme Court's decision, it falls to the next president.
"The law must simply fall to the next administration, which takes office on Monday," the statement, which Reuters has seen, says.
The US Supreme Court has approved the ban on Tiktok, NBC News reports. The Chinese owner Bytedance needs to sell the American part of Tiktok by Sunday to avoid the platform being shut down in the US.
US President-elect Donald Trump wrote earlier on Friday on the social media platform Truth Social that he had discussed Tiktok with Chinese President Xi Jinping, TT reports.
In a statement, the White House wrote that Tiktok should remain available in the US, but given the timing of the Supreme Court's decision, it falls to the next president.
"The law must simply fall to the next administration, which takes office on Monday," the statement, which Reuters has seen, says.
Analysis: How Trump and Biden can save Tiktok
During his first term in office, Donald Trump was a vocal advocate of a ban on Tiktok, citing the need to protect US security. Now the president-elect is instead trying to protect the platform from the proposed ban, Reuters writes in an analysis.
To stop the ban in the long term, Trump would need to urge the Justice Department to downgrade the case. President Joe Biden also has the option to extend the current deadline, which expires on Sunday, by 90 days if a credible potential American buyer for the Chinese app can be presented.
The evidence that the app poses a threat to national security is almost nonexistent, points out the New York Times' David E Sanger.
"There is no smoking gun, no clear case that the Chinese government is exploiting the app to, for example, influence an election or track the movements of important intelligence targets," writes Sanger.
Voices on the Tiktok ban
Trump's first words on the Supreme Court's decision: "Must be respected"
President-elect Donald Trump says it is important that everyone respects the Supreme Court's decision. He has published a statement on Truth Social regarding the Supreme Court's decision to approve the Tiktok ban.
"My decision on Tiktok will be made in the not too distant future," he writes, but emphasizes that he needs "time to review the situation."
The deadline for the social media giant's Chinese owner Bytedance to sell the American part of the business to an American owner expires on Sunday. Both Trump and Joe Biden have previously signaled that they will not implement the ban immediately.
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