‘The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order,’ Trump said.
President-elect Donald Trump said on Jan. 19 that he is asking tech companies to keep social media platform TikTok online and would sign an executive order postponing the federal ban of the social media website in the United States.
Trump’s announcement was made as millions of U.S. users found they could no longer access the TikTok app or platform.
The platform became unavailable in the United States on Saturday night before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app took effect. The law requires TikTok parent company ByteDance to sell its U.S. operation to an approved buyer by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
“A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the United States,” a message on the app states.
“Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now….
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