Trump delays TikTok ban in US for third time, signs order for 90 days reprieve
US President Donald Trump Thursday signed an executive order delaying the ban or forced sale of TikTok in the United States for a third time, granting the Chinese-owned social media company another 90 days to find a buyer or face a nationwide ban.
'I've just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025),' the President announced in a post on Truth Social.
Trump's first executive order on TikTok was issued on his first day back in office, just three days after the US Supreme Court upheld the federal ban. He followed up with a second order in April, extending the deadline to 19 June. With this latest move, TikTok now has until September to secure a sale or risk being banned from operating in the country.
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