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TikTok has been given another 90 days by the Trump administration to operate in the US after a law was passed last year that would force parent company ByteDance to sell the video-sharing platform.
The ban was originally signed into law in April 2024, but TikTok owner ByteDance appealed to the US Supreme Court. In January, the court upheld the law saying that the app could not operate domestically unless it was sold to a US company because of concerns that ByteDance had links with the Chinese government.
While the decision to uphold the ban was not a popular one with users of the platform, concerns about ByteDance’s close ties to the Chinese administration were not unfounded.
Chinese national security laws require that all domestic firms hand over intelligence when requested by Beijing. This was cited as one of the reasons for the ban on Huawei implemented under the first Trump administration in 2019. Prior to that ban, Huawei was responsible for building swathes of data infrastructure across the Western world, leading to espionage concerns.
ByteDance itself also has close links to Beijing, with the Chinese government holding a seat on its board, allowing it to have some sway in the corporate decisions of the firm.
In a statement, TikTok said it was “grateful for President Trump’s leadership and support” in keeping the app online for its 170 million US users. “We continue to work with vice-president Vance’s office,” it added.
TikTok now has until 17 September to meet the terms of legal decision, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying the 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”.
Trump first tried to force TikTok to be sold to an American firm in 2020, although his personal fondness for the platform grew in 2024 after he admitted that it had helped him win the election. Since then he has been more supportive, personally intervening in the Supreme Court decision and giving the firm deadline extensions.
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