Wed, 18 Jun 2025

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline, White House says

The app was supposed to be banned in the US after its Chinese owner refused to sell it by a January deadline.

* President Trump has signed an Executive Order to extend TikTok's deadline by 90 days, allowing it to remain available in the US.
* The platform was set to be banned after its Chinese owner ByteDance failed to sell it to a US buyer by January.
* This is the third extension of the deadline since Trump took office, and has been met with skepticism from analysts who believe a ban will never happen.
* The sale-or-ban measure passed by Congress last year aimed to address concerns about TikTok's potential for spying and manipulation on behalf of China.
* Despite his initial attempts to force a sale of TikTok in 2020, Trump now appears to have a "warm spot" for the platform, crediting it with helping him win youth voters in the past.
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