Trump Confirms Further Delay To Tiktok Ban Or Sale Deadline

President Donald Trump has extended nan deadline for TikTok's waste successful nan US for a further 90 days.

The video-sharing app has faced questions complete its early aft nan US passed a rule past twelvemonth requiring nan app to beryllium banned unless sold by its Chinese genitor company, ByteDance.

Lawmakers said it posed a consequence to nationalist information - thing TikTok denies.

Trump, who vowed to prevention TikTok during his statesmanlike campaign, signed an executive order connected Thursday which has delayed nan day for enforcing nan rule for a 3rd time.

In a statement, TikTok said it was "grateful for President Trump's activity and support" successful keeping nan app online for its 170m US users.

"We proceed to activity pinch Vice President Vance's Office," it added.

A woody for nan waste of TikTok successful nan US by ByteDance must now beryllium reached by 17 September, Trump said successful a station connected his level Truth Social.

The further hold was an expected improvement successful nan long-running process of securing a purchaser for TikTok.

It is thought nan authorities successful Beijing will request to o.k. immoderate waste aliases portion waste of nan app by its genitor company.

The rule was prompted by fears successful nan US that TikTok aliases ByteDance could beryllium forced to manus complete information connected US users by nan Chinese government.

Trump said connected Tuesday he expected location would beryllium a further delay.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said connected Wednesday that a further 90-day hold would "ensure this woody is closed truthful that nan American group tin proceed to usage TikTok pinch nan assurance that their information is safe and secure."