Trump extends TikTok sale deadline by 75 days

Trump expressed his desire to work with TikTok and China to finalise the deal

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TikTok has 170 million US users and is racing against the clock to find a buyer or be banned in the country.
TikTok has 170 million US users and is racing against the clock to find a buyer or be banned in the country.
AFP

Washington: On Friday, US President Donald Trump extended the deadline for the sale of ByteDance's US assets of TikTok, citing "tremendous progress" but the need for more work to secure approvals.

He expressed his desire to work with TikTok and China to finalise the deal and emphasized that he did not want the app to "go dark."

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