On March 31, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that a deal for ByteDance, #TikTok Chinese parent company, to sell its U.S. operations is expected to be finalized before the April 5 deadline. The deadline was set due to national security concerns, specifically fears that the Chinese government could access American user data and influence content through the app.
In January, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order delaying the enforcement of a TikTok ban for 75 days to provide more time for the sale to occur. During this period, various non-Chinese buyers, including private equity firm Blackstone, have shown interest in acquiring TikTok’s U.S. operations.
If the sale is not finalized by April 5, the U.S. government may move forward with a nationwide ban on TikTok, as required by the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA).
U.S. President Donald Trump has once again extended the deadline for the sale of the popular video-sharing app TikTok to non-Chinese buyers, postponing a potential nationwide ban. In an executive order announced on Friday, Trump granted an additional 75 days for the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to finalize a…
TikTok could face a full U.S. shutdown in January 2025 if ByteDance doesn’t sell its U.S. operations. The bill that Biden signed gives TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, 270 days to sell TikTok. Failure to do so would lead to significant consequences: TikTok would be prohibited from US app stores and…
The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that seeks to ban TikTok if its parent company, Bytedance, does not sell to non-Chinese buyers by 19 January. The Supreme Court delivered the ruling on Friday, eight months after President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan measure requiring China-based ByteDance to sell…
