Donald Trump Can 'Save' TikTok? How?

Social media platform Tik-Tok is caught in a tussle between President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. Trump has asked Supreme Court to not pass the law which can ban Tik-Tok, but Biden wants a ban citing data collection and content manipulation as the reason.

Trump's Reasoning To Save Tik-Tok

Trump says he can 'save' the popular video platform without compromising on America's right to data privacy and free speech, USA Today reported.

Although Trump told the Supreme Court he has no position on the legal arguments being made for and against the law, he called the First Amendment implications “sweeping and troubling.” He also warned about setting a “dangerous global precedent” toward government censorship while acknowledging that the national security concerns posed by TikTok and ByteDance are “significant and pressing.” USA Today reported.

Biden's Stance

President Joe Biden warns that Tik-Tok can be saved only if it is divested from parent company ByteDance, which is based in China. Biden says China can gather data on Americans or manipulate Tik-Tok to shape the American opinion.

Opponents of the law − which passed Congress this year with wide bipartisan support − say federal judges so far have given too much deference to the U.S. government’s national security concerns and not enough consideration to freedom of expression.

Trump takes office on Jan. 20, a day after TikTok will be banned in the United States unless it's sold, USA Today reported.

What Is Tik Tok Saying

TiK-Tok has asked the Supreme Court to pause enforcement of that requirement while the company continues to make their case for why the law is unconstitutional.

Supreme Court this month said they won't decide whether to keep the Jan. 19 deadline until after the justices debate the merits of the law during oral arguments scheduled for Jan. 10, USA Today reported.