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.
President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April, but a host of questions remain - including whether Trump has the authority to issue such an order and if TikTok’s China-based parent would be amenable to selling the popular social media platform.
President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that halts the ban on TikTok. But is TikTok actually "saved?"
Business owners and influencers received a temporary reprieve but still face uncertainty as Trump's order lifts after 75 days.
President Trump signed an executive order giving more time for TikTok to work out a deal to prevent a ban in the U.S. A document posted on the
Trump orders the Attorney General not to enforce a law banning US app store and hosting transactions with TikTok. Apple and Google may not want to take that risk, though.
The president-elect Sunday pledged an executive order, hours into his second term, returning access for American users, at least temporarily.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to further delay the TikTok ban in the U.S. In a statement shared hours after he was sworn in on Monday, Jan. 20, Trump announced he was giving TikTok 75 more days before a law banning the social media platform in the U.S. would take effect.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to temporarily halt a law requiring TikTok to sell U.S. assets or be banned in the U.S.
Trump also laid out on Truth Social what he thinks a “qualified divestiture” of TikTok by ByteDance could look like.
Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social account on Sunday as millions of TikTok users in the U.S. awoke to discover they could no longer access the TikTok app or platform.