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As the US deadline for TikTok looms, Trump says he wants to keep it alive

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

Here we are again, with the clock ticking down on TikTok. Saturday is the deadline for the social media company to either be sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or […]

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The U.S. Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed into law a measure banning TikTok if it weren’t sold by its Chinese ownership. But now-President Donald Trump gave the service a reprieve, and a sale of its U.S. operations appears imminent.

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