US President-elect Donald Trump has just met with TikTok CEO Chau Thu Tu, after Mr. Trump expressed "sympathy" for TikTok and said that his upcoming administration will "reconsider" the ban on this application.
TikTok headquarters in California, USA
NBC News reported on December 17 that US President-elect Donald Trump had just met with TikTok CEO Chau Thu Tu, in the context that this video-sharing app is about to be banned in the US.
Earlier in a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, Mr. Trump expressed "sympathy" for TikTok and said that his upcoming administration would "look into" whether the app should be banned in the US.
Under a federal law signed by President Joe Biden, TikTok will be banned in the US from January 19, 2025, unless its Chinese owner ByteDance agrees to divest.
TikTok asked the US Supreme Court on December 16 to block the law. In principle, President Biden could also decide to give the app a 90-day stay on the ruling.
TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Chau.
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During the press conference, Mr. Trump did not mention the meeting with Mr. Chau, but said he thought he won the election partly because of his use of TikTok.
"I won the youth vote by 34 points. And there are people who say TikTok had something to do with it," he said.
Meanwhile, according to a national poll, Mr. Trump lost among voters aged 18-29.
Mr Trump tried to ban TikTok in 2020, during his first term in the White House, but he was blocked by the courts.
He changed his stance this year, surprising some of his supporters but pleasing others, including major Republican donor Jeff Yass, a major investor in TikTok.
Supporters of the ban include both Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress, who argue that Chinese-owned TikTok poses a threat to user privacy and the information environment through its ability to manipulate content. TikTok has denied the allegations.
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