Social media Donald Trump offers Tiktok the prospect of a 90-day reprieve
US President-elect Donald Trump is offering Tiktok the prospect of a three-month reprieve before the impending shutdown in the US. This is the most likely course of action, Trump told the TV station NBC.
18.01.2025, 20:54
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"If I decide to do that, I will announce it on Monday." The video app claims to have more than 170 million users in the USA. Trump will be sworn in as the next US president on Monday.
The China-based Tiktok owner was given 270 days to divest itself of the video app under a US law on foreign control of online platforms. This deadline expires on Sunday. According to the law, Tiktok must then be removed from the American app stores of Apple and Google and lose access to technical infrastructure.
For US service providers who continue to supply Tiktok after the deadline, the law provides for high penalties of 5,000 dollars per user.
