The White House has responded to a statement from TikTok, labeling it as a 'stunt' and dismissing the need for immediate action before the transition to the new administration. The statement from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre emphasized that the implementation of the law requiring ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, to sell the app to American ownership would be handled by the incoming administration.
President Joe Biden signed a law in April mandating ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19. However, with no significant progress made towards this requirement, the Biden administration has indicated that the decision on enforcing a potential ban will be deferred to the next administration due to the timing of the deadline falling on a federal holiday weekend.
