U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended the enforcement of the TikTok ban, a short video sharing platform of Chinese descent, for 75 days.
On the 20th local time, President Trump ordered the Justice Secretary not to do anything about TikTok for 75 days.
By delaying the enforcement of the "TikTok Ban Act," which restricts business in the U.S. unless TikTok's business rights are sold to U.S. companies by the 19th, the company has secured time to come up with a solution.
After signing the relevant order at the White House, President Trump explained to reporters that he gave me the right to sell TikTok to American companies or to shut down the service.
The U.S. Congress enacted a ban in April last year, saying TikTok's parent company, China ByteDance, was feared to threaten national security by collecting large amounts of American personal information.
If ByteDance does not sell its U.S. business rights to companies in the U.S., it will ban new TikTok downloads as of the 19th of this month.
Under the law, TikTok's service in the U.S. was suspended from the night of the 18th and partially restored after President Trump vowed to rescue TikTok on the 19th, the day before his inauguration.
Trump renewed his proposal to create a joint venture between the U.S. corporation and TikTok parent ByteDance to make the U.S. company more than 50% stake, saying Beijing could impose tariffs on the country if it does not approve the plan.
President Trump, who tried to ban TikTok during his first term in office, actively used it for his campaign during the presidential election in November last year and turned against TikTok's removal, saying, "Banning TikTok would anger young people."
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On the 20th local time, President Trump ordered the Justice Secretary not to do anything about TikTok for 75 days.
By delaying the enforcement of the "TikTok Ban Act," which restricts business in the U.S. unless TikTok's business rights are sold to U.S. companies by the 19th, the company has secured time to come up with a solution.
After signing the relevant order at the White House, President Trump explained to reporters that he gave me the right to sell TikTok to American companies or to shut down the service.
The U.S. Congress enacted a ban in April last year, saying TikTok's parent company, China ByteDance, was feared to threaten national security by collecting large amounts of American personal information.
If ByteDance does not sell its U.S. business rights to companies in the U.S., it will ban new TikTok downloads as of the 19th of this month.
Under the law, TikTok's service in the U.S. was suspended from the night of the 18th and partially restored after President Trump vowed to rescue TikTok on the 19th, the day before his inauguration.
Trump renewed his proposal to create a joint venture between the U.S. corporation and TikTok parent ByteDance to make the U.S. company more than 50% stake, saying Beijing could impose tariffs on the country if it does not approve the plan.
President Trump, who tried to ban TikTok during his first term in office, actively used it for his campaign during the presidential election in November last year and turned against TikTok's removal, saying, "Banning TikTok would anger young people."
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