US President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to restore access to TikTok in the US on January 20, the day of his inauguration. The politician said he would postpone the entry into force of the law banning the Chinese platform in the United States.
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“On Monday I will issue a decree extending the deadline until the prohibition law comes into force. [TikTok]”so we can reach an agreement to protect our national security,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
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The US president also added that the companies will be exempt from liability for helping to bypass the TikTok block before his decree takes effect.
“Americans deserve to see our exciting inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and debates,” the politician said.
This week, the United States Supreme Court approved a law banning TikTok in the country on national security grounds. China’s ByteDance was required to sell its US assets to local investors, or TikTok would be blocked in the US.
This Sunday, after the federal law went into effect on January 19, 170 million American users lost access to the platform.
The agreement that Trump is talking about is the creation of a joint company to operate TikTok in the United States, in which 50% will be owned by “current owners and/or new owners”, and 50% will be owned by the US government.
“Without US approval, there is no TikTok. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions,” added Donald Trump.
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