President Donald Trump notably called for a ban of TikTok during his first term due to national security concerns.
Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office to sign a series of pardons and executive orders, including his promise to delay implementation of a law restricting TikTok. The order delays implementation of a law for 90 days,
Donald Trump is now being hailed as TikTok's savior after he tried to ban the app during his White House first term.
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on his first day back in office, promising swift changes while restoring the nation's prominence in the world.
President Trump threw TikTok a lifeline Monday night, giving the popular app’s parent company 75 more days to find a buyer for the platform. The 78-year-old argued during a conversation with reporters in the Oval Office that the US should “get half” of TikTok,
On Monday evening, Trump took to the Oval Office to sign a stack of executive orders during one of his first acts as president. Among them was a measure to keep TikTok operational for another 75 days, saving it from immediately being banned under a law passed last year prohibiting the app because it is owned by a Chinese company.
In addition to granting this power broadly, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act specifically called out TikTok and its parent company ByteDance. It gave ByteDance until January 19, 2025, to divest of TikTok or face a ban.
TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew was seated on the dais at Trump’s inauguration Monday, signaling a budding alliance with the president. Massie, the Republican who co-sponsored the bill to repeal the ban, posted a photo he’d taken of Chew from the crowd on X. “Tick tock, the TikTok ban is about to end,” Massie wrote.
Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban for 75 days. The law went into effect on Sunday.
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