U.S.: Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale by 90 days

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the deadline for the sale of TikTok by 90 days, as imposed by the U.S. Congress, which seeks to have its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divest the social network.

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00:00We change topics. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending for 90 days

00:06the deadline for the sale of TikTok imposed by the U.S. Congress,

00:10which seeks that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divest the social network.

00:15The president declared that the deadline will be extended to September 17, 2025.

00:21Trump has already postponed twice, for 75 days, the entry into force of this law.

00:26Under the law passed by Congress in 2024, TikTok will continue to be banned in the United States

00:33if its parent company, ByteDance, does not relinquish control.

00:37The formal argument is that Washington says it wants to prevent the data of millions of users

00:43from falling into the hands of the Chinese government through ByteDance.

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