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TikTok Fights for Its Life as CEO Meets President Trump at Mar-A-Lago

TikTok is pulling out all the stops.

They’re asking the Supreme Court to block a law that could kick the app off U.S. platforms by January 19.

Curious timing. The day before President Donald Trump returns.

Meanwhile, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew goes down to Mar-a-Lago to have a meeting.

Turns out President Trump has a soft spot for TikTok and it’s influence with the youth.

The stakes?

If the law sticks, ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, has to sell up.

If they don’t, they risk being kicked off Google and Apple’s app stores.

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CNBC reports:

TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a law that could effectively ban the popular social media app in the United States by Jan. 19.

On the same day, President-elect Donald Trump met with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, NBC News confirmed.

TikTok wants the Supreme Court to first consider its appeal of that law, which would require its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app by that date or force Google
and Apple
to stop supporting TikTok on their platforms in the U.S.

The request came three days after the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., refused to delay the effect of its ruling upholding the law, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

The appeals court in that ruling cited national security concerns raised by members of Congress who backed the law.

Trump earlier Monday told reporters, “We’ll take a look at TikTok,” when he was asked about the potential ban.

“You know, I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,” Trump said, pointing to his electoral performance among young voters in November.

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While TikTok claims they are for free speech, there seems to be a lot of evidence pointing to censorship.

Here’s a great video that shows how the media reacts to taboo subjects and censorship.

It just happened to get banned on TikTok.


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