Summary
- Trump announced an extension of the deadline for the sale of TikTok to a US company, in a bid to save the app from being banned in the US.
- The initial 75-day delay to the ban on TikTok in the US, announced by the previous administration, was due to expire on Sunday.
- However, a new executive order will prolong the social media app’s existence for another 75 days.
- Trump indicated that progress had been made on agreeing a deal to save the app, but that “the deal requires more work.”
- TikTok’s future has been uncertain since the US banned downloads of the app in 2020, citing national security risks.
- The current owners, ByteDance, have resisted pressure to sell the company to a US entity, but several bids are said to be in the works.
By Richard Lawler
Original Article