"On Friday morning, Donald Trump, in a much-anticipated phone call with China's President, Xi Jinping, was expected to discuss a range of issues, including their two countries' ongoing trade war, the fate of Taiwan, and a settlement to what has become a months-long international drama over TikTok, the Chinese-owned social-media app that briefly went dark in the U.S. earlier this year."
"Last spring, in the final months of his term, President Biden signed a law that would shut down TikTok in the U.S. if the app's stateside operations were not sold to an American entity by the last day of his Presidency. It was the culmination of years of bipartisan concerns that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, and its proprietary algorithm presented a national-security threat."
TikTok, owned by ByteDance, faced a U.S. ban over national-security concerns, data collection, algorithm risks, and alleged promotion of pro-China viewpoints. Critics also cite widespread negative effects on children's and teens' mental well-being. Last spring, President Biden signed a law requiring sale of TikTok's U.S. operations to an American entity or face shutdown. TikTok sued, and the legal battle reached the Supreme Court. President Trump, during a call with Xi Jinping, announced approval of TikTok and anticipated further talks and a meeting at APEC. The episode intersects U.S.-China trade tensions, Taiwan, and ongoing concerns about data and influence.
Read at The New Yorker
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