Why is Tiktok shut down in the US?
The US government has accused Bytedance, which owns Tiktok, of being linked to the Chinese government – something they themselves deny.
The fact that the Chinese parent company has access to data on around 170 million users in the US is therefore considered a major security problem, according to the US Congress.
In April 2024, Congress gave, with President Joe Biden at the top, the video app an ultimatum:
Sell to a US-approved buyer within nine months – or be banned.
Tiktok is banned in the US – then the app disappears
On Sunday, January 19, the time has run out, and a ban comes into effect.
Exactly when the Supreme Court will announce its decision is not known, but given their hasty handling of the issue, they will likely act quickly, according to Forbes The evening paper.
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Photo: Michael Dwyer/TTB Will Tiktok be banned in Sweden?
No, Tiktok in Sweden will not be directly affected by the ban in the US coming into effect.
Tiktok is banned in the US – what will happen?
A ban on Tiktok in the US will not mean that the screen will go black for all Americans who access the app. In fact, it will work exactly as usual – at least for a while.
Tiktok users in the US, on the other hand, will not be able to update the app, and in the long run the old version may become too outdated to work on new mobile phones.
The ban will also prevent new users from downloading Tiktok.
Rumor: Will Elon Musk buy Tiktok?
As the Tiktok ban approaches, there has been speculation that the tech billionaire and X owner Elon Musk – which is also expected to have a prominent role in Donald Trump’s upcoming administration – will take over the app’s American operations.
Whether there is any truth in the information is, however, difficult to determine.
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Photo: Alex Brandon/TTWill Donald Trump save Tiktok?
The future president of the United States, Donald Trump, himself has 14 million followers on Tiktok.
According to information from the Washington Post, Trump can come to the app’s rescue with a so-called presidential order, which in that case moves the blocking forward 60 or 90 days.
However, whether a possible presidential order can save Tiktok is not certain.
– It is not a magical document. It is a press release on finer letterhead, says the law professor Alan Rosenstein to Omni.
Even the Bidens government is “looking at various ways” to ensure that Tiktok is not shut down in the United States on Sunday, sources told NBC News.
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