Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale
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TikTok may go dark for the second time this year if a buyer isn't found in time.
Fox Business |
President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to sell the app to an American buyer or have the platform shut down in the U.S.
Seattle Times |
On Jan. 18, I was one of millions of Americans scrolling through TikTok when service for the all-you-can-binge video buffet suddenly halted just before a federal government ban went into effect.
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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.
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The White House has examined a menu of options to avert a TikTok ban deadline set for Saturday. One proposal — letting TikTok’s Chinese owner lease the algorithm to a TikTok spinoff in the U.S. — would probably face resistance from China hawks in Trump’s party.
By Dawn Chmielewski, Anna Tong and Greg Bensinger (Reuters) -As the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches, bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up. Amazon and, separately,
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DMR News on MSNSupport for TikTok Ban Declines Among AmericansA new poll indicates that Americans disapprove of the government’s planned ban on TikTok. Opposition to the ban is growing and with it, U.S. corporate interest in buying the app has been rekindled. According to a new Pew Research Center survey,