President Donald Trump notably called for a ban of TikTok during his first term due to national security concerns.
D: Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office to sign a series of pardons and executive orders, including his promise to delay implementation of a law restricting TikTok. The order delays implementation of a law for 75 days,
President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April.
Trump, 78, said in his first interview since reclaiming power that he was aware of security concerns about the platform, which has an estimated 170 million US users, but thought they were
Measure directs Justice Department to not enforce the law for 75 days while administration determines “the appropriate course forward.”
On Monday evening, Trump took to the Oval Office to sign a stack of executive orders during one of his first acts as president. Among them was a measure to keep TikTok operational for another 75 days, saving it from immediately being banned under a law passed last year prohibiting the app because it is owned by a Chinese company.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to postpone a law that would have banned TikTok from operating in the United States.
In addition to granting this power broadly, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act specifically called out TikTok and its parent company ByteDance. It gave ByteDance until January 19, 2025, to divest of TikTok or face a ban.
President Donald Trump wouldn’t rule out investigating former President Joe Biden in a Fox News interview aired Wednesday.
Donald Trump is now being hailed as TikTok's savior after he tried to ban the app during his White House first term.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.
During his Oval Office spray, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to postpone the ban on TikTok as he tries to find a way to keep the app active in the U.S. -- instructing the ...