Biden signed the law (which targets tech companies owned by companies in countries deemed a “foreign adversary” of the United States) back in April of 2024, and god knows if he realized at the time what setting its enforcement measures to kick in a day before the next inauguration was going to do,
President Biden will not enforce a ban on TikTok that is set to take effect Sunday, a U.S. official said, leaving its fate to Donald Trump.
The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.
A bipartisan bill banning TikTok was passed by Congress and signed into law by Biden last year. While Trump previously called for a ban on the app due to its ties to the Chinese government, he has more recently been opposed to the ban and indicated that he will seek to reverse it.
The White House has looked into options to keep TikTok accessible to its 170 million American users if a ban that is set to go into effect Sunday continues as planned.
A ban on the popular app is set to start Sunday, although the Supreme Court could rule anytime on whether to uphold it.
U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two, the White House said in a statement.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump.
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so,
Donald Trump is set to hold a campaign-style victory rally in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 2025, just a day before his second inauguration. The rally, featuring prominent figures like Elon Musk and Kid Rock,
TikTok's app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday evening just before a federal law that bans the popular social media platform went into effect.