Trump confident TikTok won't face ban
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In a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump said he would allow TikTok to operate in the United States for another 75 days, giving his administration and ByteDance time to work out a deal.
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A startup run by Tim Stokely, founder of adult content social media site OnlyFans, has partnered with a cryptocurrency foundation to submit a late-stage plan to acquire short video app TikTok from Ch...
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Bidders for the short video social media company are piling up, as the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches.
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Amazon Makes Last-Minute Bid to Buy TikTok
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The clock is ticking down on the TikTok video app's potential ban in the United States, last minute investors such as Amazon and AppLovin are submitting bids.
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Some political officials have seen TikTok as a national security threat for years, expressing concern that ByteDance may be sharing U.S. user data with the Chinese government.
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China halted a deal this week for the country to divest from TikTok in the United States over President Trump's newest retaliatory tariffs.
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The deal remains in limbo, hostage to the emerging trade war between the U.S. and China. On Friday, Trump said he is extending the deadline for TikTok to be banned or sold off by its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance.
US President Donald Trump on Friday extended the deadline for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the United States, allowing 75 more days to find a solution.
Many questions remain about the state of a potential deal, but loyal TikTok users have reason to be optimistic. Several interested parties have raised their hands to potentially buy the app, and Trump has expressed a desire to help facilitate a deal and preserve access to the platform.
TikTok has just days to find a buyer in the United States or face a ban in the country. The White House on Tuesday indicated a deal may be close to done. NBC Bay Area business and tech reporter Scott Budman provides the latest in his video report above.
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Agence France-Presse on MSNTikTok faces new US deadline to ditch Chinese ownerChinese owner or face a ban in the United States.The hugely popular video-sharing app, which has more than 170 million American users, is under threat from a US law that passed overwhelmingly last year and orders TikTok to split from its Chinese owner ByteDance or get shut down in the United States.
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