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In a TV brand on TikTok , Chew say , “ On behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users across the country , I want to give thanks President Trump for his dedication to lick with us to find a answer that hold open TikTok available in the United States . This is a strong base for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship . ”
TikTok appear to be relying on reenforcement from Trump to maintain the legality of the Chinese - owned platform in the United States . Trump intelligibly wants everyone to see him as TikTok ’s savior , posting on Truth Social that he is in talking withChina ’s President Xi Jinping about find oneself a way to save the platform .
“ We are grateful and pleased to have the accompaniment of a president who unfeignedly infer our political platform , one who has used TikTok to verbalise his own thoughts and position , connecting with the humans and engender more than 60 billion view of his substance in the appendage , ” Chew continued . “ Rest assured , we will do everything in our great power to ensure our platform expand … More to come . ”
Earlier Friday , the Supreme Court ruled that the TikTok ban would go through . presently , it ’s uncertain whether TikTok will handicap the app for users in the U.S. this Sunday or if the app plans to wait and see if the Trump administration can negotiate a answer .
In the meanwhile , here are some TikTok alternativesfor you to crack out .
Our response to the Supreme Court decision .
