US President-elect Donald Trump told CNN that the decision regarding the fate of TikTok will be in his hands.

For his part, the CEO of TikTok thanked President Trump for his commitment to work and find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States. The administration of US President Joe Biden also announced today, Friday, that the decision to implement a TikTok ban in the United States rests with the president-elect. Donald Trump.

This comes in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s upholding, on Friday, of a law banning the TikTok application in the United States, which could lead to 170 million users being deprived of the video sharing application on January 19.

In its decision, the court ruled that the law does not violate freedom of expression rights, and that the US government expressed legitimate national security concerns about the ownership of the application by a Chinese company.

The justices said, “There is no doubt that TikTok provides more than 170 million Americans with a distinctive and broad outlet for expression, a means of engagement, and a resource for community, but Congress has determined that divesting it is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and its relationship with an adversary.” Alien".

The US Department of Justice explained that implementing the law will take time.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling, saying, "The next phase of this effort - implementing the law and ensuring compliance with it after it enters into force on January 19 - will be a process that will take time."

After the decision was issued, the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden said that it is up to President-elect Donald Trump to decide whether to implement the law.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement, “Given the reality of the timing, this administration recognizes that the actions necessary to implement the law must simply fall to the next administration.”

For his part, Trump insisted that the decision to uphold the ban should be respected, but that he "must have time" to decide whether to implement the ruling.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, “The Supreme Court’s decision was expected, and everyone should respect it. I will make my decision regarding TikTok in the not-too-distant future, but I must have time to review the situation.. Stay tuned!”

With this decision, the entry into force of the ban on Sunday remains in effect, even with calls made by responsible legislators to demand some kind of delay.

The law, signed immediately by President Joe Biden, sets a deadline of January 19 for ByteDance, which owns the app, to sell it.

Tik Tok and ByteDance, as well as human rights organizations, say that the law violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees the right to freedom of expression.

The social media network has repeatedly denied transferring any information to the Chinese government, and confirmed that it will reject any request to do so if it is directed to it.