While the Biden administration will not enforce the ban on TikTok that goes into effect the day before his term ends, the incoming Trump administration is exploring options to keep the app available. The ban, part of a foreign aid package, aims to prevent TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, from accessing American user data. Although the law doesn't require TikTok to shut down, app stores and internet hosting services could face fines if they continue to provide services to the app. Trump has expressed a desire to 'save' TikTok, considering it a valuable platform for his campaign and American users.
TikTok could still proactively choose to shut itself down that day -- a move intended to send a clear message to the 170 million people it says use the app each month about the wide-ranging impact of the ban.
The way the law works, TikTok isn't required to go dark on Jan. 19. It's the app stores and internet hosting services that could be on the hook if they keep providing their services to TikTok. The law gives the Justice Department the power to pursue fines of up to $5,000 per user, an enormous potential liability given the app's popularity.
Biden and some congressional leaders argued that the ultimatum against TikTok was necessary because of security concerns about ByteDance and its connections to the Chinese government.vowing during the 2024 presidential campaign to "save" the app Trump met with TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida last month and he plans to attend Trump's inauguration on Monday, sources told ABC News.
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