Could Donald Trump stop a TikTok ban in the US?
The President-elect says he now has a 鈥榳arm spot鈥� for the Chinese social media app.
A law passed earlier this year means TikTok will be banned in the US unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, before 19 January 2025. On Monday US President-elect Donald Trump met the company鈥檚 CEO, Shou Zi Chew, and now people are questioning if he will try and stop this ban, and save the app.
Rhiannon Williams, a UK-based tech journalist, talks us through how Trump鈥檚 relationship to TikTok has changed over the years, including how he utilised it to target young people in the presidential election, and why some people are calling this a clever move politically.
Plus Natalie Jimenez, a 成人论坛 reporter based in New York, reviews Trump鈥檚 TikTok page for us and shares if it鈥檚 hot, or a flop.
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