President Trump has signed an government order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to adjust to a legislation that requires a sale or ban of the platform.
He says throughout that point, the US is not going to implement the legislation handed by Congress final yr and signed by former President Joe Biden.
The order was amongst a slew of directives Trump signed on Monday night.
Talking to reporters within the Oval Workplace, he mentioned: “I inform you what. Each wealthy individual has referred to as me about TikTok.”
When requested by a reporter why he is had a change of coronary heart since attempting to ban TikTok in 2020, Trump responded: “As a result of I acquired to make use of it.”
On Saturday night, the Chinese language-owned app stopped working for American customers, after a legislation banning it on nationwide safety grounds got here into impact.
It resumed providers to its 170 million customers within the US after Trump mentioned he would concern an government order to present the app a reprieve when he took workplace.
TikTok’s dad or mum firm, Bytedance, beforehand ignored a legislation requiring it to promote its US operations to keep away from a ban. The legislation was upheld by Supreme Court docket on Friday and went into impact on Sunday.
Trump had backed a ban of the platform throughout his first time period within the White Home.
TikTok chief government Shou Zi Chew attended Trump’s inauguration Monday together with different massive know-how bosses, together with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.
