Trump extends deadline to keep TikTok running in US

US President Donald Trump has given TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US assets or face a ban in the country.

“We do not want TikTok to ‘go dark’. We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal,” the president wrote on Truth Social on Friday. The platform is currently owned by Chinese company ByteDance.

Trump’s first extension took effect in January and was set to expire on Saturday.

The social media platform, which is used by 170 million in the US, initially went dark for several hours before Trump took office as the app prepared to shutter in the US due to a law passed by Congress.

The extension comes as the Trump administration finalises a plan to keep the popular app running in the US.

“The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed,” Trump wrote.

The president has said his administration was in touch with four separate groups interested in a potential TikTok deal, though he has not named them.