The social network with 170 million American users must be the subject of a presidential decree extending the deadline for its sale. If he benefits from a reprieve, he still needs to find a non-Chinese buyer.
Four years after trying to ban TikTok in the United States, Donald Trump is now seen as the app's savior. As he had promised, the American president is expected to sign a decree on Monday suspending the ban on the video application, which came into force on Sunday. This is a real political coup by the new president, barely three days after the refusal of the Supreme Court to annul the law, passed in April, which led to this ban, due to the failure of the Chinese ByteDance to having sold TikTok's American activities in time.
Shortly before midnight on Saturday, TikTok was removed from app stores and the video service was scuttled – going beyond what was required by law. Trump immediately gave assurances to the leaders of the application. « We must save TikTok, we have no choice », he proclaimed on Sunday in Washington during a final meeting. As a result, only fourteen hours…
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