Trump postpones TikTok deadline
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ABC News |
The Trump administration is considering a deal to save TikTok that would have China maintaining control of the algorithm that will be leased to a U.S. company, with a minority ownership stake, a sourc...
The New York Times |
President Trump on Friday granted TikTok another reprieve by announcing he would extend the deadline for when the popular app had to make a deal to be separated from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or ...
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The app went dark in January, though Trump’s deadline extension led to its reactivation. The current value ranges from $100 to $200 billion.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has entered the bidding war for TikTok ahead of the Saturday deadline, according to a report from The New York Times. A formal bid arrived in a letter addressed to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
With a deadline looming and set for this Saturday, TikTok must be sold. China’s control must be severed. National security, free speech, and women’s rights demand it.
Many questions remain about the state of a potential deal, but loyal TikTok users have reason to be optimistic. Several interested parties have raised their hands to potentially buy the app, and Trump has expressed a desire to help facilitate a deal and preserve access to the platform.
THE tides are changing over at TikTok – the Chinese-owned short video platform that has sparked controversy in the US. As the deadline approaches for the government-enforced sale of its US
As a bipartisan law threatens to ban TikTok, ByteDance faces an ultimatum to sell at least 80% of the app to a non-Chinese entity by tomorrow.