Trump proposes a partial US ownership of TikTok just one day after the app goes down

President-Elect Donald Trump has proposed a partial US ownership of TikTok just one day after the app went dark in the country.

The Chinese-owned video-sharing app was banned on Saturday (18 January) to the dismay of the platform’s 150 million monthly active users in the US, including LGBTQ+ content creators. 

The ban has been looming since President Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, last year after US intelligence officials warned that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, might be a security risk – due to fears the app may push pro-Chinese propaganda to users. ByteDance was given nine months to sell the app to an American buyer or be banned.

However, Trump has said he will issue an order to allow the app to run soon in

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