Will The U.S. Ban TikTok? Here's The Latest -- And What We Know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Trump, who sought to ban TikTok in 2020, has since indicated he's opposed to banning it and said he has a "warm spot in my heart for TikTok," crediting it with helping his performance with young voters in the 2024 election.
58% : Lastly, Trump could allow TikTok to go down and bring the app back to app stores and the internet with a one-time, three-month extension that would potentially give time to help facilitate a sale of TikTok.
49% : U.S. officials have claimed the Chinese Communist Party could use the app to spy on Americans or influence public discourse.
48% : However, Forbes' reporting has revealed that ByteDance has used TikTok to spy on journalists and TikTok mishandled sensitive data, including financial information, Social Security numbers and personal contacts of creators, advertisers, celebrities and politicians.
41% : The co-founder of global trading firm Susquehanna International Group, which owns about 15% of ByteDance, Yass owned a $33 billion stake in TikTok as of this March and has financially backed conservative lawmakers opposing the ban, such as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R.-Ky., donating $24 million and $32,200 to each, respectively, according to The Wall Street Journal.
36% : Former Justice Department official Alan Rozenshtein wrote in a Lawfare op-ed that Trump could lobby Congress to repeal the ban, though in doing so he would have to overcome the law's bipartisan support.
27% : Trump could also attempt to get TikTok to completely divest from ByteDance through a deal, with James Lewis, director of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, telling NPR that China could be more open to approving a TikTok sale if Trump eased off his vows to impose high tariffs on Chinese imports.
16% : He reportedly met with Trump and became possibly the biggest influence behind Trump's switch from attempting to ban the app to later opposing its removal..
9% : Trump could ask the Supreme Court not to enforce the ban, which may be unrealistic, as Apple, Google and Oracle would have to ignore the law, leave TikTok up and risk financial penalties if Trump later reconsidered his position on TikTok.

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