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Trump says he’ll delay TikTok ban, but the platform must be sold

The incoming president also says he wants the US government to buy it, which is ?????

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants service providers like Apple and Google to put TikTok back online in the US, and proposed creating a joint venture where the US owns 50 percent of the app. Part of the motivation appears to be his own inauguration on Monday, which Trump says “Americans deserve to see.” He called the joint venture idea an “initial thought” and says “By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to say up. And Johnson’s comments on “Meet the Press” about why lawmakers are concerned about the app to begin with further demonstrate that Congress did think about the content on the platform when deciding to pass the law — even though the Supreme Court didn’t see that as reason to find it unconstitutional.

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