U.S. President-elect Donald Trump submitted an opinion to the Supreme Court on the 27th local time, requesting the suspension of the so-called "TikTok Prohibition Act."
The law prohibits TikTok from Jan. 19 next year, just before Trump's inauguration, unless ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok, sells TikTok's U.S. business rights to U.S. companies.
Trump's lawyer, John Sauer, says only Trump has the ability to negotiate solutions that address national security concerns while saving the platform.
The U.S. Congress passed the law in April based on bipartisan consensus that China could gather sensitive information from the U.S. public via TikTok or exert undue influence on public opinion.
The Supreme Court, which has received TikTok's application for an injunction to suspend the law, will proceed with oral arguments on the 10th of next month.
Trump also tried to ban TikTok during his first term in office, but in the last presidential election, he actively used it for his campaign and turned against it, saying banning it would anger young people.
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The law prohibits TikTok from Jan. 19 next year, just before Trump's inauguration, unless ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok, sells TikTok's U.S. business rights to U.S. companies.
Trump's lawyer, John Sauer, says only Trump has the ability to negotiate solutions that address national security concerns while saving the platform.
The U.S. Congress passed the law in April based on bipartisan consensus that China could gather sensitive information from the U.S. public via TikTok or exert undue influence on public opinion.
The Supreme Court, which has received TikTok's application for an injunction to suspend the law, will proceed with oral arguments on the 10th of next month.
Trump also tried to ban TikTok during his first term in office, but in the last presidential election, he actively used it for his campaign and turned against it, saying banning it would anger young people.
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