Trump hotar med att stänga ned Tiktok trots allt

In 2020, the United States government announced that it was considering banning the Chinese social media platform TikTok upon a request from Donald Trump, the president of the United States, who viewed the app as a national security threat. The result was that the parent company of TikTok, ByteDance—which initially planned on selling a small portion of TikTok to an American company—agreed to divest TikTok to prevent a ban in the United States and in other countries where restrictions are also being considered due to privacy concerns, which themselves are mostly related to its ownership by a firm based in China. TikTok later announced plans to file legal action challenging the order's transactional prohibitions with U.S. companies. The lawsuit against the Trump Administration's order was filed on August 24, 2020, with TikTok arguing that the order was motivated by Trump's efforts to boost re-election support through protectionist trade policies aimed at China. A separate suit filed the same day by TikTok's U.S. technical program manager Patrick Ryan against Trump and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross sought a temporary restraining order, arguing that his due process rights were violated and the ban was an "unconstitutional taking" of Ryan's property under the Fifth Amendment; the suit also claimed that Trump's action was likely a retaliation sparked by pranks against a Trump campaign rally that were organized through TikTok videos. The American technology company Microsoft had previously proposed an idea to acquire TikTok's algorithm and other artificial intelligence technology, but this was declined by ByteDance, as its executives expressed concern that it would likely be opposed by the Chinese government, which in turn had criticized the Trump administration's order as a "smash and grab" forced sale. On September 13, 2021, ByteDance suggested that it would prefer the shuttering of US operations over such a sale. Attempts to restrict use of TikTok in the US continued under the Biden administration. In 2024, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act was proposed in Congress, again ordering that ByteDance divest due to alleged security concerns and pro-Palestinian bias. The bill was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden. Following a lawsuit from TikTok, the law was upheld by the Supreme Court. On January 18, 2025, the day before the deadline of the law, TikTok temporarily suspended its services in the United States. The following day, after President-elect Trump signaled that he would grant an extension to TikTok upon being inaugurated, services were restored. Biden declined to enforce the ban during January 19, his last day in office. On January 20, the first day of his term, Trump instituted a 75-day period of non-enforcement of the ban via an executive order. On April 4, the ban's enforcement was extended by another 75 days.