UPDATE: President Trump Releases Statement on Plans to Reinstate TikTok in the United States - “I Would Like the United States to Have a 50% Ownership Position”
TikTok Thanks President Trump and Plans to Reinstate US Access
January 20, 2025
UPDATE: TikTok has announced it is restoring its services, thanking President Trump for “providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.”
TikTok said on X,
Original story below:
Earlier this morning, President Trump announced his plans to revitalize the social media platform TikTok by having the United States take half ownership in a joint venture and issuing an Executive Order.
This comes after the app was temporarily banned last night for United States users at around 10:30 pm EST, following an order by the United States Supreme Court requiring China-owned ByteDance to divest from TikTok.
The Gateway Pundit reported on this development late Saturday night.
BREAKING: TikTok Officially Banned in the United States – President Trump Expected to Reinstate App
Under the terms of the law, third-party internet service providers like Apple and Google will be penalized for supporting a ByteDance-owned TikTok after the Jan. 19 deadline.
President Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday morning,
Some Trump supporters have criticized the controversial social media app, while others have embraced it.
There are also rumors that a U.S. company may buy the platform.
Recall that President Trump was not a fan of TikTok and tried to disable the app while he was in office in 2020 due to concerns with the app's Chinese spyware abilities but was blocked.
Fake Joe Biden then revoked a Trump-era executive order aimed at banning TikTok and issued an order threatening to ban TikTok in the United States if the Chinese owners don’t agree to sell their share of the app.
Biden to Ban TikTok in US if Chinese Owners Don’t Sell
So President Trump was right about TikTok. When Biden took office he revoked a Trump-era executive order aimed at banning TikTok.
Now the Biden Regime is threatening to ban TikTok in the US if the Chinese owners don’t agree to sell their share of the app.
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Unsurprisingly, the app was found to pose "security risks" in Congress, leading to the now GITMO detainee -’Enemy Combatant’ FBI Director Christopher Wray "warned members of Congress after the midterm elections that the Chinese government could use TikTok to control users’ devices for influence or espionage purposes.”
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Now, President Trump is doing whatever he can in his power to keep the app available for its users and also ensure that TikTok is not just a Chinese-invested app but a partly owned American app to protect our national security and ensure the success of the platform.
With the United States as part of the joint venture, American data will be protected. However, this is only if the Chinese owners agree to part ways with 50% or less of their ownership.
President Trump has previously said he may make an announcement on Monday after he is sworn in as President.
This is a developing story.
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