President Donald Trump stated on Fact Social Friday that he’s extending the TikTok sale deadline for one more 75 days.
“My Administration has been working very exhausting on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we’ve made super progress,” Trump wrote. “The Deal requires extra work to make sure all obligatory approvals are signed, which is why I’m signing an Government Order to maintain TikTok up and working for a further 75 days.”
In the meantime, a spate of tech firms and billionaires have positioned bids for TikTok—together with Amazon and AppLovin individually this week—forward of Saturday’s unique deadline for China-based ByteDance to promote to a U.S. purchaser.
ABC Information is reporting that the Trump Administration is contemplating a leasing deal as an alternative.
The leasing possibility would let China maintain management of its prized TikTok algorithm, although the U.S. firm holding the lease would have a minority stake, a “supply near the deal” informed the outlet. Oracle would supervise the lease, per NPR. Oracle already supplies TikTok with backend tech help.
Along with Amazon and AppLovin’s bids this week, formal provides to accumulate the app have been submitted from billionaire and former L.A. Dodgers proprietor Frank McCourt (who teamed up with Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian) in January. AI startup Perplexity additionally submitted a greater than $50 billion provide to merge its enterprise with TikTok’s U.S. division.
The TikTok saga has been ongoing since April 2024 when lawmakers involved about U.S. consumer information making its manner to the Chinese language authorities handed a legislation to drive ByteDance to promote TikTok or face a ban. Since then, TikTok went darkish for its 170 million U.S. customers for at some point, earlier than Trump signed an government order extending the deadline for 75 days.
The deadline was April 5 however now there’s a new set of 75 days to get a deal executed.
“We sit up for working with TikTok and China to shut the Deal,” Trump wrote. “Thanks in your consideration to this matter!”
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