U.S. Government Clashes With Trump Over TikTok

The Department of Justice requested that the Supreme Court deny President-elect Donald Trump’s request to postpone a ruling that would outlaw the well-known social media app TikTok or require its sale by January 19.

Trump argued in a court filing last week that he should be given time after taking office in January. 20 to seek a “political resolution” to the problematic situation

The apex court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on January 10. The ruling mandates ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, sell off the platform’s U. S. assets or risk being banned.

TikTok refrained from commenting right away. The DOJ stated that Trump’s request could only be approved if ByteDance had proven it was likely to be successful on its own merits, which the company had not done. China “seeks to undermine the U.S.“, according to the DOJ.

According to the government, “no one can seriously dispute that (China’s) control of TikTok through ByteDance represents a grave threat to national security: TikTok is a powerful tool for espionage due to its collection of reams of sensitive data about 170 million Americans and their contacts.”

President-elect Trump’s attorney D. John Sauer earlier wrote that the president-elect “respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act’s deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case, so that President Trump’s incoming administration can pursue a political resolution of the questions at issue in the case.”.

TikTok asked the Supreme Court to overturn the law on the grounds of free speech under the First Amendment. “It targeted TikTok for its social-media content, not its data,” it stated, implying that Congress had not attempted to outlaw Chinese-owned apps like Shein or Temu. “

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Olumide Adesina is a French-born Nigerian financial writer. He tracks, analyzes, and reports changes in financial markets with over 15 years of working experience in investment trading.
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