CNN
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America’s President-elect Donald Trump met with the head of TikTok at his Mar-a-Lago club, as the social media giant is asking the Supreme Court to wade into a court fight over use of the app in the United States.
The pre-scheduled meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Chew is believed to be the first time the men have met since Trump’s electoral victory in November, another person told CNN. Chew, who was seen at Trump’s Florida resort in early December, has been trying to meet with Trump since he was elected, and is just the latest meeting the president-elect is holding with top executives from some of America’s largest tech companies.
Just hours before, TikTok asked the conservative high court to weigh in on the legal dispute over a controversial law requiring that the platform be sold to a new, non-Chinese owner or be banned in the United States. That measure is set to take effect January 19.
After the January deadline, US app stores and internet services could face hefty fines for hosting TikTok if it is not sold. The president, under the legislation, may issue a one-time extension of the deadline.
Trump on Monday suggested he might take a different approach with the popular platform but has not detailed what that approach might look like.
