WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will meet with TikTok CEO Hsu Chu on Monday at his Mar-a-Lago residence, a person familiar with the meeting said.
The news was first reported by CNN.
A TikTok spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
At a press conference early Monday, Trump had warm words about TikTok and its near future.
“Look at TikTok. You know, I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok because I won the youth by 34 points. Some say there’s some connection,” President Trump said when asked how to stop the ban. Harris Trump won 54% of voters under 30, but he advanced.
During his first term in the White House, Trump tried to ban the app.
President Biden signed the bill earlier this year. passed Congress is demanding that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance meet a Jan. 19 deadline to end their partnership or be barred from doing business in the United States. The companies had tried to delay the deadline pending review by the Supreme Court, but a federal appeals court ruled against it. supported the law, request denied last week. company asked the Supreme Court The law will be suspended on Monday.
“A short delay in enacting this law will allow this court to conduct an orderly review and allow the new administration to evaluate this issue before it closes down a vital channel through which Americans communicate with their fellow citizens and the world.” This will provide some breathing room,” the state of emergency statement said. the application said.
The filing asks the Supreme Court on January 6 to allow ByteDance and TikTok to “coordinate with service providers to accomplish the complex task of shutting down the TikTok platform solely within the United States” if the justices refuse. They ask that a decision be made on the request by the end of the day.
If the sale is in progress by the deadline, a 90-day extension may be granted. But TikTok insists that the sale is not possible and that the Chinese government opposes the sale of the algorithms that power the app.
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