The White House has been exploring potential solutions to ensure that TikTok remains available to its 170 million American users in light of an impending ban set to take effect on Sunday. The ban, which was mandated by a law signed by President Joe Biden in April, requires TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to American ownership by January 19 or face being removed from US app stores.
White House officials have indicated that they do not believe President Biden has the authority to delay enforcement of the law. The ban is scheduled to come into effect on the final day of Biden's administration, unless there is an unexpected intervention from the Supreme Court. A White House official mentioned that due to the timing of the ban coinciding with the transition to the next administration, the decision on how to proceed will fall to President-elect Donald Trump's team.
