New move from Trump regarding the TikTok ban: 'After taking office...'

Trump's attorney, John Sauer, issued a written statement regarding the matter, announcing the Supreme Court filing.

Sauer noted that the law, which requires TikTok to be sold to an American firm or face a ban in the U.S., is set to take effect just one day before Trump takes office, and stated that they are requesting the court to extend this timeline.

John Sauer emphasized that as the new president, Trump will be the one to address the issue, and they want the implementation date of the ban to be postponed so that the Supreme Court can review the case more comprehensively and reach a conclusion.

In his statement, Sauer used the expression, "President Trump opposes the banning of TikTok in the U.S. and seeks to find a way to resolve the current issue through political means after taking office."

The U.S. Supreme Court had announced that it would hear oral arguments from the parties on January 10 regarding the legal regulation that mandates the banning of the Chinese social media platform TikTok in the U.S. or its sale to an American company.

THE LEGAL REGULATION THAT MAKES THE TIKTOK BAN POSSIBLE IN THE U.S.

Last year, the U.S. administration took a step to either force the sale of TikTok to a U.S. firm or ban it, accusing the platform of making U.S. user data accessible to the Chinese government; in this context, the bill passed by Congress was signed into law by U.S. President Joe Biden.

The Biden administration gave TikTok until January 19, 2025, to end all ties with the Chinese company ByteDance, notifying the firm that otherwise, it would be banned in the U.S. and blocked from user access.

TikTok, which has 170 million users in the U.S., also applied to the Court of Appeals for the law's cancellation, arguing that it violates the freedom of speech protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and contradicts the U.S. "open internet" policy.

In its application, TikTok also argued that the timeframe granted by the U.S. administration was too short and that it was technically and practically impossible to terminate the platform's relationship with ByteDance within that period.

The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the law that paves the way for the TikTok ban.

On the other hand, Donald Trump had opposed the law, which is set to take effect one day before he assumes office on January 20, 2025, during his election campaign.

While it was expected that TikTok would request a Supreme Court review in the petition it submitted to the Court of Appeals seeking a temporary stay of the law's implementation, it was stated that the company had requested a temporary injunction.