President-elect Donald Trump pledged to “save TikTok” during his campaign, but experts say keeping that promise could be complicated. On Friday, a federal appeals court decision further threatened the social media app’s future in the United States. The panel upheld a law that could lead to a nationwide ban if TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, which is based in China, refuses to sell its stake by Jan. 19. That deadline is just one day before Trump takes office.The law at the center of the case, now potentially headed to the Supreme Court, passed earlier this year with broad bipartisan support in Congress. Anupam Chander, a professor of law and technology at Georgetown University, said Trump can’t undo the law with an executive order, but he can pressure lawmakers to repeal it. “He can’t reverse the law with a stroke of the pen, but he can undermine the law in a variety …
Can Trump save TikTok? Experts say its complicated [Video]
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