Will Trump extend US TikTok ban deadline as April 5 looms?
Speculation is mounting over whether President Donald Trump will extend a looming US ban on the TikTok platform.
In January, following a short period when the app went dark, Trump extended a deadline to April 5 for Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest its US operations. Despite multiple potential buyers emerging no final sale has materialised.
Go Deeper: Late last week, a group of Democratic senators urged Trump to establish an official approach for extending the TikTok sale deadline, giving negotiators more time to work through the issues around a potential sale.
What they said: “Without any further action from Congress, the 170 million Americans that rely on TikTok will continue to face uncertainty about TikTok’s future,” the Senators wrote, asking Trump to answer several questions by March 28 in order to allow time for legislators to work together ahead of the April 5 deadline. “Creators will continue to fear that the platform could disappear at any moment. This situation is unfair and unworkable. We urge you to stand up for TikTok’s users and use your immense influence over congressional Republicans to demand a long-term solution to the TikTok ban.”
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