President-elect Donald Trump has expressed his intention to review the impending ban on the popular social media app TikTok in the United States. Trump mentioned that he has a fondness for TikTok, stating that he believes the app played a role in his success in winning the youth vote during the November election.
Back in April, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that mandated TikTok, which is owned by the Beijing-based company ByteDance, to be sold to a non-Chinese entity. The legislation gave ByteDance a 270-day deadline to divest TikTok. Failure to comply would result in TikTok being barred from US app stores and internet hosting services that support it. Despite TikTok's attempts to challenge the bill, their appeals have been unsuccessful.
