How Trump could decline to enforce a Congressional-enacted TikTok ban

TikTok asked the Supreme Court to block a bipartisan Congressional law that could ban the app unless the Chinese company ByteDance sells the platform to an American company. NBC News’ Danny Cevallos explains how President-elect Donald Trump could choose not to enforce the law or adjust regulators’ interpretation of it.

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Trump meets TikTok CEO as ban deadline looms

The social media giant is currently seeking to delay a law that would see it banned or sold in early 2025.
BBC News - 8h
TikTok CEO meets with Trump ahead of January ban

Trump had warm words about TikTok and its near-term future earlier Monday, as the app faces a U.S. ban that's set to go into effect next month unless its Chinese-owned parent company cuts ties with ...
CBS News - 19h
Court Denies TikTok’s Request to Halt Ban Enforcement

TikTok will be banned in the U.S. unless parent company ByteDance sells it.
Inc. - 2d
Court denies TikTok's request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review

A federal appeals court has left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States
ABC News - 3d
TikTok asks federal appeals court to bar enforcement of ban until SCOTUS review

TikTok on Monday asked a federal appeals court to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform until the Supreme Court reviews the case
ABC News - Dec. 9
Appeals court upholds law that could ban TikTok in U.S.

A federal appeals court upheld a law Friday that would ban TikTok in the U.S. if the app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, does not sell it. TikTok and ByteDance could still appeal the case to ...
CBS News - Dec. 6
Appeals court upholds TikTok ban, declining to block law that would force sale

An appeals court judge wrote that the law that would force a sale or ban of TikTok "survive[s] constitutional scrutiny."
CBS News - Dec. 6
US court upholds law that could ban TikTok

Further appeal expected for bipartisan measure targeting video app owned by China’s ByteDance over security concerns
Financial Times - Dec. 6
Federal judges uphold law that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

A panel of three federal Appeals Court judges ruled unanimously to uphold a law Friday that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S.
NBC News - Dec. 6