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What We Know About the TikTok Ban

The popular video app now has until mid-June to change its ownership structure, after President Trump extended its deadline twice.

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President Trump signed an executive order to delay enforcing a federal ban of TikTok for 75 days.Credit…Erik S Lesser/EPA, via Shutterstock
April 4, 2025

TikTok isn’t going anywhere soon.

The popular video app now has until mid-June to be separated from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to avoid a ban in the United States, now that President Trump has again paused the enforcement of a federal law that requires it to change its ownership structure to resolve national security concerns.

He first paused the enforcement of the law in January, even after it was unanimously upheld by the Supreme Court.

The delay buys TikTok — and those negotiating about its futu

re — more time, but there are still plenty of looming questions for its future.

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The law banning TikTok was passed by Congress with wide bipartisan support, signed by President Biden and upheld by the Supreme Court.Credit…Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

U.S. officials have long been concerned about ByteDance’s ties to the Chinese government. They’ve pointed out that ByteDance could hand over sensitive U.S. user data to Beijing, like location information, noting laws that allow the Chinese government to secretly demand data from Chinese companies and citizens for intelligence-gathering operations.

They are also worried that China could use TikTok’s content recommendations to fuel misinformation, a concern that escalated in the United States after the start of the Israel-Hamas war and during the presidential election.

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