In an interview with ABC News on Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump said that he is likely to give TikTok a 90-day extension in order to prevent a ban in the US.
Due to a bipartisan congressional bill that mandated the platform cut off its connections with China-based parent business ByteDance by Sunday, the app is set to be blocked.
In recent months, Trump, who demanded a ban on TikTok during his first term in office, has said that the app shouldn’t be shut down and told ABC News.
That he is investigating his options to save it. “I will be the one making the decisions.” “I’ll probably extend for ninety days,” he said to Rachel Scott of ABC.
“As you are likely aware, you have a ninety-day extension. Until we come up with a solution, I’ll do it.” He didn’t elaborate on how an extension may be implemented.