Biden won't impose the TikTok ban, will leave its fate in Trump's hands
The White House confirmed the decision, which had been leaked anonymously by an official. The news comes after the Chinese company's CEO was invited to Trump's inauguration.

TikTok's future still uncertain just days before President Trump takes office
President Joe Biden will not impose the ban on TikTok, which is scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, just a day before he leaves office on Monday, Jan. 20.
An outgoing administration official had leaked the decision before the Supreme Court upheld the ban. After learning of Friday's ruling, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that the Democratic administration will leave implementation in the hands of its successor. Although she defended the measure against the platform, Jean-Pierre justified its non-implementation simply due to lack of time.
With this decision, Biden will leave the app's fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump, who radically changed his stance on TikTok and now advocates keeping the app running in the United States.
The news comes after Congress demanded last year, through a bill signed by Biden himself, that TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divest itself of the company by Jan. 19 by successfully finding a U.S. buyer.
The news also comes as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was confirmed to be invited to Trump's inauguration. Some media reported that Zi Chew will have a prime spot alongside tech billionaires Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, among others.
On Thursday, incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz said on Fox & Friends that, under the law passed in Congress and signed by Biden, the TikTok ban, which goes into effect Sunday, also provides an "extension" as long as a workable deal is in place to find a buyer.
Waltz's words confirm Trump's desire to save TikTok. However, it is still unclear how the president could accomplish this.
Recently, a theory emerged that Elon Musk, now close to Trump, could acquire the app to save it.