Trump also laid out on Truth Social what he thinks a “qualified divestiture” of TikTok by ByteDance could look like.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist. TikTok’s China-based parent ByteDance was supposed to find a U.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to temporarily halt a law requiring TikTok to sell U.S. assets or be banned in the U.S.
The order will direct the Attorney General to not enforce the law, after TikTok was slated to be shut down on January 19.
President Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at protecting TikTok from a new law banning the app. Legal experts say this order still leaves the company on shaky ground.
Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social account on Sunday as millions of TikTok users in the U.S. awoke to discover they could no longer access the TikTok app or platform.
ByteDance now has to show that it’s making significant progress on a deal to sell TikTok to a US-based company.
Trump signed an executive order to delay the implementation of a law banning the use of TikTok in the U.S. by 75 days while saying that the U.S. should use its leverage to take ownership of half the company.
President Trump signed an executive order giving more time for TikTok to work out a deal to prevent a ban in the U.S. A document posted on the
President Trump opted to delay the TikTok ban for 75 days in an executive order on Monday, marking one of his first moves in his new administration. Trump signed the order from the Oval Office hours after he was inaugurated into his second term. The move comes days after the Supreme Court upheld the ban.
President Trump signed an executive order to salvage TikTok and give its parent company 90 days more to sell off the popular platform.