President Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White Home en path to London on Sept. 16, 2025.
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President Trump is holding off enforcement of a nationwide ban on TikTok till mid-December in keeping with an government order issued on Tuesday. It is the fourth time that Trump has delayed enforcement of a legislation banning the social media app in the US, and it comes simply as U.S. officers say they’ve reached a framework for a cope with China over management of the short-form video platform.
TikTok dominates the market relating to social media video apps. In line with surveys from the Pew Analysis Middle, roughly one in three Individuals use the app, and about half of grownup customers say they commonly get their information there.
The corporate’s Chinese language possession has made it a goal for U.S. politicians for years. In 2024, Congress handed a legislation banning the app with bipartisan assist. The legislation mentioned that TikTok could be banned within the U.S. inside a yr until it was transferred to a U.S.-owned entity. Lawmakers mentioned they’d considerations that the information collected by the app could possibly be used to spy on Individuals, and so the laws was designed to compel TikTok’s Beijing-based proprietor, ByteDance, to unload the U.S. model of the app to American homeowners.
The legislation banning TikTok went into impact on the eve of Trump’s inauguration in January. The app briefly went darkish however Trump issued an government order pausing enforcement of the ban for 90 days so as to give time for negotiations. Whereas legally questionable, Trump has since prolonged that restrict a number of occasions, and the newest government order issued gives for an additional 90-day extension.
The extension comes simply because it seems China and the U.S. might lastly have a deal on TikTok’s destiny. On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent introduced they’d a “framework” for a cope with China. Trump and Chinese language chief Xi Jinping are anticipated to talk on Friday to finish the deal, he mentioned.
As he left the White Home for a state go to to the UK, Trump informed reporters in regards to the potential settlement, “We’ll be asserting that now we have a gaggle of very massive firms that need to purchase it.”
