“President-elect Donald Trump is expected to give TikTok more time to strike a deal after his return to power on Monday, as China made clear it would be open to a deal to keep TikTok in the US market.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to give TikTok more time to strike a deal after his return to power on Monday, as China made clear it would be open to a deal to keep TikTok in the US market. Reuters writes about it. The short video service, which is used by 170 million Americans, was briefly taken offline for US users on Saturday, hours before a law requiring it to be sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance on national security grounds took effect on Sunday. US officials have said that there is a risk of abuse of Americans’ data through ByteDance. TikTok restored access on Sunday and thanked Trump for assurances that TikTok and its business partners would not be forced to pay large fines to keep the app running.Advertisement: On Monday, the app and website were back up and running, but TikTok was still unavailable for download in Apple and Google app stores, suggesting that both companies were waiting for clearer legal assurances. This comes after China indicated for the first time that it would be open to a deal that would allow TikTok to operate in the US. Reminder: Advertisement: The social network TikTok stopped working in the United States less than two hours before the ban was supposed to take effect. US President-elect Donald Trump does not rule out retaining Chinese ownership of TikTok if measures are taken to ensure the protection and storage of American users’ data in the US.