#Trump extends TikTok ban for 90 days#
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President-elect Trump said he is “very likely” to give short-form video social media platform TikTok a 90-day grace period to temporarily avoid being banned in the United States on his inauguration day, Jan. 20. Trump is considering extending the deadline for TikTok's parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese company by 90 days, saying it's an option under consideration and a 90-day extension is the most likely. If he decides to do so, he will announce it on his inauguration day, Jan. 20.
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President Trump extended the TikTok ban for 90 days, a decision based on considering the deadline for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese company. In an interview with NBC, Trump said he is "most likely" to give TikTok a 90-day grace period on Inauguration Day to temporarily avoid its ban in the United States. He said he is considering pushing the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese company back 90 days, though no final decision has been made. He said extending it 90 days is the most likely because it is the right thing to do. If he decides to do so, he will announce it on Inauguration Day.
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Trump will extend the TikTok ban for 90 days
Trump is considering pushing back a deadline for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese company by 90 days
Trump is likely to announce an extension of the TikTok ban on Monday
Trump believes that a 90-day extension is appropriate