TikTok went off from American devices on Sunday, January 20 as the ban imposed on the Chinese-origin application came into being. The app owner ByteDance went to the US Supreme Court, to only not find any relief from the top court in the US.
Trump, TikTok’s Saviour?
After the Supreme Court rejection, the possibility of the social media app’s revival has come to the fore. This is thanks to the comments from the incoming president, Donald Trump, who said that he wishes to save TikTok.
Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20.
In what could be another topic of friction between Trump’s base, possibly Trump himself, and Elon Musk, Musk has shared his opinion on the matter. Only in this case, Musk appears to have taken a seasoned and diplomatic approach.
Musk Underscores His Thoughts
Tesla, SpaceX and X boss took to his platform and said, “I have been against a TikTok ban for a long time, because it goes against freedom of speech.”
However, giving a caveat, Musk also said. “That said, the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but 𝕏 is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced.”
He concluded the post on a pensive note, and said, “Something needs to change.”
This comes at a time when some reports suggested that the Chinese authorities were considering the sale of TikTok to none other than Musk himself.
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In this post, Musk went back to his old post, from a year ago, wherein he had reiterated this stance.
This comes at a time when some reports suggested that the Chinese authorities were considering the sale of TikTok to none other than Musk himself.
The floating of TikTok by Trump is also crucial for other tech companies, including the likes of Meta and Microsoft, who could take the opportunity to buy the app, which is one of the most popular applications in the United States. The application is said to have a user base of over 170 million in the country.
