TikTok: Trump thinks to block for 90 days the platform’s ban in the US – Monday announcements

He said Saturday (18.01.2020) that he would “probably” give 90 days’ suspension to his potential ban in the US, after assuming his duties on Monday, January 20. “The 90-day extension (ed. for TikTok) is something that will probably happen, because it’s the right thing,” Donald Trump said in an NBC interview on Saturday. “If I decide to do so, I will probably announce it on Monday (p. 20.01.20205)”. CORVERSE It is recalled that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected TikTok’s appeal on 17 January, which had asked to block the implementation of the legislation. “Unfortunately TikTok will be forced to close on 19 January,” announced the popular platform on X (former Twitter) at night, unless “Joe Biden’s government guarantees that the law will not be implemented” that predicts the ban on social media in the US. TikTok has been fighting a law battle for months adopted by Congress in March 2024, which requires the platform’s parent company, “ByteDance”, to sell its assets to the US until 19 January 2025 or otherwise suspend its activities in the country. DAMAGE “There is no doubt that for more than 170 million Americans TikTok offers an important way of expressing, interacting and joining a community,” the nine Supreme Court judges said in their unanimous decision. “But Congress considered it necessary to ban him in order to respond to his legitimate concerns about national security,” they added. The federal ban that comes into force from 19 January provides that new users will be prohibited from downloading TikTok’s application from Apple or Google’s online stores.