Donald Trump has reversed his stance on TikTok, now urging the platform to remain operational in the US. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the legality of banning TikTok, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, due to national security concerns.
On Friday, Donald Trump once again indicated his desire to keep TikTok’s operations in the U.S. alive, ahead of a crucial week for the future of the popular social media platform in the country. Trump shared an infographic purporting to show the high engagement his own content has on the application. The graphic did not cite sources for any of its claims. Trump tried to ban TikTok during his first term in office, but has since changed his stance.
In June, he launched his own account on the site. As the Jan. 19 deadline looms, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case on Friday to determine whether the law is unconstitutional, as TikTok argues. A filing on behalf of Trump in late December to the Supreme Court, his lawyer D. John Sauer said Trump opposes the ban “at this juncture,” and asked the court to pause a possible ban until after Trump takes office to give him the opportunity to find a “political resolution.” The Justice Department, however, opposed Trump’s request, noting that the president-elect did not take a position on the First Amendment question and that a pause would only be warranted if TikTok could show that it could succeed on the merits of the case. TikTok, which reportedly has a user base of more than 170 million Americans, is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance. Its Chinese ownership has long been a point of tension amid national security concerns, despite the company’s efforts to assuage such worries
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