TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked President-elect Trump for his efforts to save the app in the U.S., as a January 19 deadline looms for ByteDance to sell or shut it down.
After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that could ban TikTok over national security concerns, President Biden stated the final decision would rest with the next president, Donald Trump, who is reportedly considering a temporary delay of enforcement
TikTok plans to shut down its app for U.S. users if a federal ban takes effect Sunday. The shutdown goes beyond the proposed law, preventing app access entirely, while offering users a chance to download their data. This follows a law mandating ByteDance to sell U.S. assets by January 2025.
RedNote, a Chinese lifestyle app known as Xiaohongshu, has seen a surge of over 500,000 TikTok users amid U.S. ban concerns. The platform, often called China’s Instagram, is exploring global expansion as it gains unexpected international attention.
The U.S. DOJ urges the Supreme Court to reject Trump’s request to delay TikTok’s potential ban or forced sale by Jan. 19, citing national security concerns and data privacy issues.
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