Once the US has been darkened: Tiktok is eagerly waiting for Trump

Millions of Americans got up this morning with one less app: Tiktok was completely removed from the US market, but the company expects the selected president’s intervention Donald Trump Which promised to return the platform to activity. Closing the app was due to a series of legal and legislative decisions designed to protect the privacy of users in the United States.

Tiktok, the popular app that allows short videos and shared, was removed on Saturday at 22:30 (Eastern Coast Clock). A announcement published for US users states: “Ticketok is not available at the moment. We appreciate the fact that President Trump has announced that he will find a solution that will bring Tiktok back to activity. Please remain up to date! ”

The closure occurred following the United States Supreme Court’s decision on Friday, which ruled that Tiktok must be sold to an American company until Sunday, January 19, or to stop its operations in the state. The ruling relied on a law that was approved in Congress last year, which requires Tiktok to disconnect from her mother’s parent company that originated in China.

The demand for Tiktok is due to the US government’s concerns about privacy and information security. Legislature claims that BytEDance because of its proximity to the Chinese government, may transmit sensitive information from American users to the government in China. on.

During his first term in 2020, Trump has worked to impose restrictions on Tiktok for similar reasons. Now, when he re -elected president, he seeks to bring the app to function in the US. Turning the Trump Social social network wrote: “The presidential order I issued on Monday will allow the parent company of another time to sell the app to a happy American entity.”
Tiktok appealed to the Supreme Court on the grounds that the law that requires her to disengage from her mother company violates the first amendment to the Constitution, which protects

Freedom of expression. However, the judges rejected the appeal, and confirmed that the company until January 19 must meet the conditions of law.
Tickettok’s closure may affect millions of users in the United States, especially among young audiences that use it daily. In the meantime, the new government may find a solution that will allow its return to the market, but its future remains in the fog.