President Donald Trump recently gave China-based ByteDance its third extension to sell its U.S. TikTok assets to a local entity.
“I’ve just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025). Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he said in a Truth Social post, which included a copy of the document.
“We are grateful for President Trump’s leadership and support in ensuring that TikTok continues to be available for more than 170 million American users and 7.5 million U.S. businesses that rely on the platform as we continue to work with Vice President [JD] Vance’s office”, TikTok said in a statement posted on its website.
After the platform briefly stopped working in January, President Trump delayed a proposed ban by 75 days by signing the initial executive order during his first day as President in January. Trump granted another reprieve when he signed another executive order in early April. TikTok unsuccessfully appealed US legislation passed in 2024 to ban the service unless a local buyer was found, after former President Joe Biden and members of both political parties expressed concern that it posed a national security risk. The US Supreme Court upheld the Biden era law banning the app unless it is sold to a US owner.
Source: Reuters/ Mobile World Live
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