US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to temporarily suspend a law threatening to shut down the country's Tiktok social network until his administration comes up with a "political solution" to the problem.
In a letter written by Trump's lawyers to the Supreme Court last night, the future US president opposes such a measure "at this stage" and asked to allow time to resolve the situation when he returns to the White House on January 20, the day after a potential impeachment. entry into force of that ban.
In April, Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation requiring Tiktok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell its US operations before January 19, or face a ban on the platform.
The goal, as explained earlier, is to prevent the risks of espionage and manipulation of Tiktok users by the Chinese authorities. Tiktok has 170 million users in the US.
Tiktok, which has repeatedly denied that it transmitted information to the Chinese government, appealed to the Supreme Court, where a majority of conservative justices sit. That court accepted in mid-December that on January 10, the request for consideration of the constitutionality of that law will be discussed.
The administration of US President Joe Biden also addressed the court, emphasizing the position that such a measure is necessary to eliminate the risk to national security.
Trump recently met with the head of Tiktok, Shu Zi Chu, at his residence in Florida, and has repeatedly expressed his support for the social network.
And he was originally against that platform. The future American president estimated that she enabled him to reach the young generation.
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