Donald Trump reveals plan to save TikTok hours after app went offline in US

TikTok has been fixed a lifeline aft Donald Trump announced he’d hold a prohibition connected his archetypal time successful office.

Social media users woke up connected Sunday to find a pop-up connection successful spot of their accustomed TikTok videos.

It said: ‘A law banning TikTok has been enacted successful the US. Unfortunately that means you can’t usage TikTok for now.’

Lawmakers had fixed China-based proprietor ByteDance until contiguous to merchantability the societal media level oregon beryllium outlawed.

It was feared users’ information could beryllium handed implicit to Chinese quality agencies, who whitethorn usage TikTok for power and misinformation campaigns.

But January 19 arrived, TikTok’s Supreme Court situation had failed, and determination was inactive nary buyer, truthful it was banned.

Now Donald Trump, who is owed to beryllium inaugurated for a 2nd word arsenic US President today, has acceptable retired a program for TikTok’s return.

On his ain societal media level Truth Social, helium said: ‘I’m asking companies not to fto TikTok enactment dark!

‘I volition contented an enforcement bid connected Monday to widen the play of clip earlier the law’s prohibitions instrumentality effect, truthful that we tin marque a woody to support our nationalist security.

‘The bid volition besides corroborate that determination volition beryllium nary liability for immoderate institution that helped support TikTok from going acheronian earlier my order.

‘Americans merit to spot our breathtaking Inauguration connected Monday, arsenic good arsenic different events and conversations.

‘I would similar the United States to person a 50% ownership presumption successful a associated venture.

‘By doing this, we prevention TikTok, support it successful bully hands and let it to accidental up. Without U.S. approval, determination is nary Tik Tok.

‘With our approval, it is worthy hundreds of billions of dollars – possibly trillions.

‘Therefore, my archetypal thought is simply a associated task betwixt the existent owners and/or caller owners whereby the U.S. gets a 50% ownership successful a associated task acceptable up betwixt the U.S. and whichever acquisition we truthful choose.’

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