CEO Zhou Shouzi of TikTok Receives Invitation to Attend Trump's Inauguration

On January 16, news from CCTV reported that two informed sources revealed that TikTok CEO Zhou Shouzi received an invitation to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump, the elected president of the United States, on January 20.

In addition, there are reports that Trump is considering issuing an executive order after taking office to suspend the enforcement of the TikTok ban for 60 to 90 days. #Trump Considers Suspending TikTok Ban After Taking Office

Additionally, according to CCTV news, the U.S. government is considering allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States. Government officials stated that they are exploring various options to prevent TikTok from being banned this Sunday (January 19).

At this time, there are less than four days left until the transfer of power in the United States (January 20). According to ByteDance's current plan, TikTok will completely shut down its operations in the United States on Sunday (January 19) local time.

This law requires TikTok to split from its parent company ByteDance by January 19, 2025, or it will be banned in the United States, making TikTok's prospects in this key market even more uncertain.

TikTok has appealed to the Supreme Court based on the First Amendment and is awaiting a ruling. However, during the oral arguments in this case last Friday, the judges' questions indicated that the court is likely to uphold the ban.

This law does not require TikTok to shut down the app, but it requires app store operators like Apple and Google to stop providing TikTok download services, while also requiring TikTok's cloud service provider Oracle to stop hosting its U.S. user data.