Overview

• President Trump will sign a decree to extend ByteDance’s required divestiture of TikTok’s US business by 90 days, moving the deadline from June 19 to September 2025.
• The third deferment reflects Trump’s insistence on keeping the platform online in the US rather than enforcing a ban.
• A bipartisan 2024 law mandates that ByteDance sell TikTok’s American operations by January 19, 2025, over national security concerns.
• US officials warn that Beijing could access US user data and leverage the app for political influence if the sale does not occur.
• Any transfer hinges on approval from the Chinese government, which recently opposed a proposed spin-off of TikTok’s US arm.