White House says implementation of TikTok ban passed to Trump, citing timing reasons

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That comes after a unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court on Friday to uphold a federal law banning TikTok unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, Bytedance.

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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden won't enforce a ban on TikTok that's set to take effect a day

00:07before he leaves office.

00:09Press Secretary Karen Jean-Pierre cited timing as the reason for passing responsibility to

00:14the incoming Trump administration.

00:17That comes after a unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law banning

00:21TikTok on Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.

00:26The court ruling held that the risk to national security posed by ByteDance's ties to China

00:31overcomes concerns about limiting speech.

00:34In an interview with CNN shortly after the court's decision, President-elect Donald Trump

00:39wouldn't say what he intended to do.

00:42Trump previously said he has a warm spot for TikTok, saying that the app helped him tap

00:46into a younger voter base to win the 2024 election.

00:51But it was Trump who initially spearheaded efforts to have it banned on national security

00:55grounds in 2020.

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