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TikTok went dark for users in the United States on Saturday night, but it may not be gone for long.
President-elect Donald Trump published in Social Truth Sunday morning that he will issue an executive order on Monday that will “extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions go into effect, so that we can reach an agreement to protect our national security.”
Even before TikTok went down, Trump had said it would “probably” give the company a 90-day extension.
In his post on Sunday, Trump also presented his “initial thoughts” on what an agreement could be, describing it as “a joint venture between the current owner and/or new owners that the United States will get a 50 % ownership”.
Bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress passed a law last April that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok or see it banned in the United States; the law was quickly signed by President Joe Biden. Trump, what tried to force ByteDance to sell TikTok during his first termstrongly opposed the ban this time.
With the Supreme Court upholding the law In a ruling on Friday, the law will go into effect on Sunday, and with Trump’s inauguration scheduled for Monday, White House and DOJ officials have issued statements suggesting they are leaving the current implementation of the ban on hold. to the incoming president.
However, TikTok said that “critical service providers” needed a “more definitive statement” that they would not be punished for continuing to host or list the app; without those assurances, the app would go dark. (A White House spokesman called TikTok’s stance “a stunt”) the app is really downTikTok shared a message with users that “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to restore TikTok once he takes office.”
Trump’s post suggests he’d like to see TikTok come back to life even before issuing his executive order, writing that he’s “asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark” and that his order “confirms there will be no accountability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.”
“Americans deserve to see our exciting inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations,” Trump wrote.
