These are wildly unsure occasions for TikTok — and issues do not seem like getting any easier. Going through a shedding Supreme Courtroom resolution and looming ban, TikTok CEO Shou Chew put out an announcement praising President-elect Donald Trump in a particularly thinly veiled effort to sway the incoming commander-in-chief.
The U.S. Supreme Courtroom launched its resolution upholding the ban on Friday. With stories that outgoing President Joe Biden will not implement the ban, that leaves the choice in Trump’s utterly normal-sized fingers. Chew launched a response to the choice on TikTok’s channels on Friday. It was all however a private plea to the incoming president.
“I wish to thank President Trump for his dedication to work with us to discover a answer that retains TikTok obtainable in america,” he mentioned. “This can be a robust stand for the First Modification and in opposition to arbitrary censorship.”
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Chew added: “We’re grateful and happy to have the assist of a president who actually understands our platform — one who has used TikTok to precise his personal ideas and views, connecting with the world and producing greater than 60 billion views of his content material within the course of.”
Trump famously likes to be flattered, so it’s maybe a successful technique from Chew. In actual fact, Chew reportedly plans to attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday. He is removed from the one tech bigwig who’ll be in attendance. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and X’s Elon Musk are all reportedly planning to point out up.
TikTok’s future, and the futures of its many customers, nonetheless stays unsure, however maybe Chew can flip the tides.
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