Donald Trump urges Supreme Court to suspend law threatening TikTok with ban

The future tenant of the White House wants to resolve the situation once back in power.

Donald Trump urged the American Supreme Court on Friday, December 27, to suspend the law that threatens the social network TikTok with a ban if its Chinese parent company does not sell it. The president-elect says he opposes this measure “at this stage” and wanting to resolve the situation once back at the White House.

“President Trump alone has the expertise to make deals, the mandate to vote, and the political will to negotiate a solution to save the platform while addressing national security concerns expressed by the state.” , explains a letter written by Donald Trump's lawyers and addressed to the Supreme Court. The latter agreed in mid-December to examine the constitutionality of this law.

Last April, Congress overwhelmingly voted in favor of a law requiring TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell its American activities before January 19, otherwise the application would be banned. It aims to prevent the risks of espionage and manipulation by the Chinese authorities of TikTok users, which claims 170 million in the United States.

TikTok, which has repeatedly contested having transmitted information to the Chinese government, then turned to the Supreme Court, where a majority of conservative judges sit. The high court agreed in mid-December to study the request for examination of the constitutionality of this law on January 10.