{"id":31346,"date":"2025-06-19T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/trump-confirms-further-delay-to-tiktok-ban-or-sale-deadline\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:00:49","slug":"trump-confirms-further-delay-to-tiktok-ban-or-sale-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/trump-confirms-further-delay-to-tiktok-ban-or-sale-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump confirms further delay to TikTok ban or sale deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"


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President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok’s sale in the US for a further 90 days.<\/p>\n

The video-sharing app has faced questions over its future after the US passed a law last year requiring the app to be banned unless sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers said it posed a risk to national security – something TikTok denies.<\/p>\n

Trump, who vowed to save TikTok during his presidential campaign, signed an executive order<\/a> on Thursday which has delayed the date for enforcing the law for a third time.<\/p>\n

In a statement, TikTok said it was “grateful for President Trump’s leadership and support” in keeping the app online for its 170m US users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We continue to work with Vice President Vance’s Office,” it added.<\/p>\n

A deal for the sale of TikTok in the US by ByteDance must now be reached by 17 September, Trump said in a post on his platform Truth Social. <\/p>\n

The further delay was an expected development in the long-running process of securing a buyer for TikTok.<\/p>\n

It is thought the authorities in Beijing will need to approve any sale or part sale of the app by its parent company.<\/p>\n

The law was prompted by fears in the US that TikTok or ByteDance could be forced to hand over data on US users by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n

Trump said on Tuesday he expected there would be a further delay.<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday<\/a> that a further 90-day extension would “ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and secure.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump tried to force a sale of TikTok to an American buyer in 2020, during his first term in office.<\/p>\n

But last year, he signalled he’d had a change of heart, saying the platform had helped him win the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n

“I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok, because I won youth by 34 points,” Trump said in December, although most young voters backed the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

The law was supposed to take effect on 19 January, a day before Trump’s inauguration to a second term in office.<\/p>\n

TikTok challenged its constitutionality in the courts. The Supreme Court upheld the law days before it was due to take effect.<\/p>\n

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner, a Democrat, criticized Trump’s decision.<\/p>\n

“Once again, the Trump administration is flouting the law and ignoring its own national security findings about the risks posed by a PRC-controlled TikTok,” Warner said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“An executive order can’t sidestep the law, but that’s exactly what the president is trying to do,” Warner added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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