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TikTok CEO Thanks Trump for ‘Commitment to Work With Us’ to Keep App Legal in U.S. After Supreme Court Upholds Ban
TikTok CEO is banking on the backing of Donald Trump to keep the Chinese-owned video app legal in the U.S.
Chew continued, “We are grateful and pleased to have the support of a president who truly understands our platform — one who has used TikTok to express his own thoughts and perspectives, connecting with the world and generating more than 60 billion views of his content in the process.” On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal by TikTok and parent ByteDance to halt a law that will ban the popular video app in the U.S. as of Sunday, Jan. 19, unless China-based ByteDance divests its stake in the app to a party that is not located in a country deemed a “foreign adversary.” The court, in a unanimous ruling, said in part, “Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary.” Chew is slated to attend the incoming president’s Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington, D.C., and to “sit in a position of honor on the dais,” per the New York Times.
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