- TikTok CEO Shou Chew is planning to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
- TikTok may go dark in the US the day before Trump’s inauguration as dictated by a divest-or-ban law.
- Trump asked the Supreme Court to give TikTok more time as he seeks a political resolution.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew is planning to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Business Insider.
Chew has been invited to sit on the dais alongside other important figures, including tech CEOs Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, the source said.
The New York Times first reported on Chew’s planned attendance.
TikTok did not respond to a request for comment from BI.
An appearance by Chew is notable, considering that a divest-or-ban law is pushing TikTok to go dark in the US on January 19, a day before Trump’s inauguration.
TikTok challenged the law in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in December but lost its case. It appealed to the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction to stop enforcement, and awaits a decision.
The president-elect pushed for a TikTok ban in 2020, when he was last in office, but now says he wants to save the app.
On December 27, Trump filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, asking it to pause the enforcement of TikTok’s divestment deadline to give him time to find a political resolution. Trump previously met with Chew at Mar-a-Lago On December 16.
“You know, I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,” Trump said at a press conference that day.
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