On Monday, world-renowned TikTok asked the US Supreme Court to intervene and put a stay order on the ban of the app in the USA. The parent company ByteDance came along with TikTok to prevent the ban that is scheduled on Jan 19, 2025. The lower court has given the order to ban the company on the deadline Jan 19 or the China-based parent company has to sell the company.
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the arguments on Jan 10, 2025. Both the companies, TikTok & ByteDance, want to overthrow the US law that was passed in April,24 that forces the app to ban or sell the company. There are more than 170 million TikTok users in the US, and some of them have filed a similar plea to remove the ban on the app. Some content creator’s livelihoods also depend on this app.
Donald Trump’s view on TikTok
The ban on TikTok was once supported by Trump in his previous term in Aug 2020, but now during his campaign of running for President, he has promised the people that he will do everything in his power to save TikTok. This is considered a strategy to attract the vote-bank of the youth that is using TikTok.
President-elect Donald Trump will come into power on January 20, 2025, i.e. one day after the ban on TikTok will come into effect in the USA. Let us see, what will be Trump’s next step and whether will he be able to save TikTok from the ban in America?
