U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 19th (local time) that he signed an executive order extending the deadline for the sale of the Chinese video platform TikTok's U.S. operations.
President Trump noted on that day on his social media platform, Truth Social, "I just signed an executive order extending the TikTok deadline by 90 days." He also specified the new sale deadline as "September 17, 2025."
Previously, on the 17th, White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt stated in a statement, "President Trump does not want TikTok services to be discontinued," and added, "He will sign an additional executive order this week to allow TikTok to continue its services."
This marks the third extension of the deadline for TikTok's U.S. operations. The "TikTok Ban Act" was passed by the U.S. Congress in April of last year during the previous administration of Joe Biden. At that time, there was a bipartisan consensus that China could collect sensitive information on Americans or exert undue influence on public opinion through TikTok.
Under this law, the parent company of TikTok, China's ByteDance, must sell TikTok's U.S. operations to a U.S. corporation. Otherwise, TikTok services will be discontinued in the U.S.
Originally, the sale deadline was January 19 of this year. The service was briefly suspended at that time, but after President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, he extended the deadline by 75 days through an executive order. As the initial extension deadline approached in early April, he additionally extended it by another 75 days.