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The president of the US signed yesterday, Monday (20.1.25), a decree ordering his government to suspend for 75 days the application of the law prohibiting its operation in the US. This law, which had been passed by Congress last year and entered into force on Sunday, requires the platform’s parent company, Chinese Bytedance, to sell it under the threat of its ban on the USA. CORVERSE Trump had promised “to save TikTok”, suspending the application of the law prohibiting the operation of this social networking medium on American soil. The law provides very heavy fines for internet service providers and application stores, up to $5,000 per user for the latter. These sanctions will be imposed by the Justice Ministry, in which Trump mandated not to intervene for two and a half months, until “he has consulted with his advisers”, according to the text of the executive decree of the new US president. CORVERSE Trump also intends to assess the risks posed by TikTok and its Chinese shareholder in terms of security and to “determine whether the measures already taken by TikTok are sufficient”. The US MPs had justified the passage of the law, saying it is necessary to prevent Chinese authorities from accessing US user data or manipulation of public opinion in the US. “Many products are manufactured in China, only for TikTok protest” During an event at the White House that was open to journalists during which he signed this decree as much as much else, the new US president downgraded the risks that TikTok poses in terms of national security. “There are many products made in China and all they complain about is TikTok,” Donald Trump said, referring to members of Congress. “Let’s be honest, we have more serious problems than seeing China collect information from young children”, TikTok users, he added. Why did you change your mind about TikTok? TRUMP: Because I got to use it. And remember, TikTok is largely about kids. Young kids. If China is going to get information about young kids, I don’t know — to be hated with you, I think we have bigger EBhan that. — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) Instead of finding a buyer, which ByteDance rejects, the new president proposed, as he had done on Sunday, that the Chinese group grant the US 50% of TikTok’s capital in exchange for not implementing the law in the country. The government could then divide this participation into American private interests, he said. “We may need China’s agreement, but I’m sure he will,” Trump noted. “TikTok has enormous value, but if they do not approve (this), it will no longer have it,” he stressed. In a relevant question yesterday at a press conference, the Chinese Foreign Ministry representative replied that “in terms of functions and acquisitions, businesses should decide independently, according to market principles”. If China refuses to give the green light, “we will impose customs duties on them, ” the new president of the United States warned. Trump radically changed his attitude towards this application with over 170 million users in the US. In 2020, he had issued a decree similar at all points to the law passed by Congress four years later, being determined to force ByteDance to sell. However, the justice, to which TikTok had appealed, had suspended its application, judging excessive fears about national security and considering this decree as an obstacle to freedom of expression. “I have a weakness in TikTok which I did not have at first”, Trump acknowledged, “but I went to TikTok (during the campaign) and brought back young people”.