Mon Jan 20 05:05:10 UTC 2025: ## Trump Intervenes to Delay TikTok US Ban
**Washington D.C., January 20, 2025** – A last-minute reprieve has been granted to the popular short-video app TikTok, after a Supreme Court order threatened a US ban. The court ruled that TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, must sell the app or face a permanent US ban on national security grounds. However, a statement released earlier today indicated that former President Donald Trump has intervened, providing ByteDance with additional time to find a US-approved buyer.
This is not the first time TikTok has faced such scrutiny. In June 2020, India banned TikTok, along with numerous other Chinese apps, citing concerns about national security and data breaches. The Indian government alleged that these apps were engaged in activities prejudicial to India’s sovereignty, defense, and public order, including unauthorized data transmission and user profiling.
The US Supreme Court’s decision echoes similar concerns, highlighting the ongoing geopolitical tensions and anxieties surrounding the use of data by foreign-owned technology companies. The fate of TikTok in the US now hangs in the balance, pending the successful sale of the app to a buyer deemed acceptable by US authorities.
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