Biden won’t enforce TikTok ban after signing into law last year, leaving fate to Trump: official
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President Joe Biden will not seek to enforce the popular ban social media platform TikTok which is set to take effect on January 19 due to a law passed last year, the Associated Press reported, citing a US official.
“Our position on this is clear: TikTok should continue to operate under American ownership. Given the timing of it going into effect over the holiday weekend the day before the inauguration, it will be up to the next administration to implement that,” White said. According to the officials of the House, it was stated in the statement ABC news.
Biden signed off last year after Congress passed a massive multibillion-dollar package packed with items like foreign aid and TikTok-related measures.
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The The Supreme Court issued a verdict on the matter on Friday, deciding not to lift the ban.
“There is no question that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, a means of engagement, and a source of community. But Congress decided that takedown was necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns about TikTok’s practices data collection and relationship with a foreign opponent. For the reasons stated above, we conclude that the contested provisions do not violate the petitioner’s First Amendment rights,” said the high court.
Trump, the second US president not to win the White House back-to-back, is scheduled to be sworn in on Monday, which is also a federal holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, although King’s actual birthday was 1/15.
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“President Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to save Tik Tok, and there is no better deal maker than Donald Trump,” said Karoline Leavitt, spokeswoman for the Trump-Vance transition. Trump chose Leavitt to be his White House press secretary.
If Tiktok is sold to cut ties with Chinese company ByteDance and is no longer considered an app controlled by a foreign adversary, it would no longer be subject to a ban under the law.
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Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., who Trump picked to be his national security adviser, said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” that the new administration will “put measures in place to keep TikTok from going dark,” noting that the legislation allows for withdrawal bans if the deal is ongoing.
“The administration, like the rest of the country, has been waiting for the decision that was just made by the US Supreme Court on TikTok,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
“President Biden’s position on TikTok has been clear for months, including since Congress sent the bill in an overpowering, bipartisan way to the president’s desk: TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses national security concerns identified by sides of Congress in crafting this law Given the very fact of time, this administration recognizes that the actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next administration, which takes office. Monday,” Jean-Pierre added.
