The Supreme Court has upheld a law requiring Tik Tok to be sold or banned unless its China-based parent company sells it.
Yet the wildly popular social media app’s future remains unclear. The Biden administration won’t force Tik Tok to go offline before the Sunday deadline, leaving its fate in the hands of Donald Trump, who will have unilateral power to take down social media sites thanks to the law. On Friday, Trump said via Truth Social that he had spoken to Xi Jinping, the leader of China, about a range of issues, including Tik Tok. Shou Chew, the platform’s CEO, also reportedly plans to attend Trump’s inauguration.
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