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Deadline to ban TikTok approaches again: Will Trump extend it for a fifth time?
The U.S. TikTok divestiture plan faces stalled approval from China, with multiple executive deadline extensions and no finalized deal as of now.
- On December 16, 2025, President Donald Trump reached the Dec. 16 deadline for TikTok's U.S. divestiture, but the app remains available with no confirmed deal announced by the administration.
- After multiple orders, the administration has repeatedly pushed deadlines, extending the TikTok divestiture four times by executive order since taking office under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act of 2024.
- The divestiture blueprint would make the U.S. app majority-owned by U.S. persons with a U.S. joint venture operating TikTok and ByteDance retaining less than 20 percent, while Oracle, tech firm proposed to lead oversight, would manage algorithm and security, reportedly in a $14 billion sale.
- With no Chinese sign-off, talks are stuck and outcomes remain unclear, as neither ByteDance nor Beijing have approved a sale despite U.S. negotiators making little progress.
- Under a Sept. 25 executive order, the Attorney General was barred from enforcing the act for 120 days, extending TikTok's stay past January 23, 2026, while the Senate-approved law awaits implementation.
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