<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>TikTok just got another lifeline from the White House, with President Donald Trump set to delay enforcement of the sale-or-ban law by another 90 days.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running," Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/girl-missing-blacks-beach-mackay-queensland/7cd7ae91-a4a1-4489-8ba9-747468c2fb8e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Teen girl disappears in Queensland town overnight</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This extension will last 90 days, which the Administration will spend working to ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and secure."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CNN has reached out to ByteDance and TikTok for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's been about five months since a law requiring TikTok to be banned in the United States unless it's sold off by its China-based parent company technically went into effect.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/trump-will-grant-tiktok-another-90day-extension-in-enforcement-of-sale-or-ban-law/d3aeea66-bf7e-4112-a81c-31bc9fd8d9c7" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But thanks to Trump's promises not to enforce the law, neither of those things have happened, aside from an approximately 14-hour blackout in January.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The announcement marks Trump's third extension of the ban.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The announcement means that the app will remain accessible for its 170 million American users despite the legislation that passed last year with bipartisan support over concerns that TikTok's Chinese ownership poses a US national security risk.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>And it comes as both the United States and China seek leverage in tense trade talks, in which TikTok appears to have become a bargaining chip.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/four-males-charged-alleged-sex-assault-over-six-hours-sydney/89e7582c-2a5a-4ed4-85a2-341220d2359b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Four teens charged over alleged six-hour sexual assault in Sydney</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The TikTok sale-or-ban law went into effect on January 19 after it was signed by former President Joe Biden last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>TikTok briefly took itself offline, sparking outcry from creators, but quickly came back after Trump signed an order delaying the ban's enforcement by 75 days. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was one of his first acts as president, made in hopes of reaching a deal to keep the app "alive".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In April, a deal that would have transferred majority control of TikTok's US operations to American ownership was nearly finalised.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But it fell apart after Trump announced additional tariffs on China, forcing the president to announce another 75-day delay to keep the app operational in the US.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There are key matters to be resolved. Any agreement will be subject to approval under Chinese law," TikTok parent company ByteDance said after Trump's tariff policy stalled progress on the deal in April.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That pause was set to expire on June 19.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump's latest enforcement delay raises questions about the status of a deal that could secure TikTok's long-term future in the United States.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/british-couple-facing-deportation-over-ms-diagnosis-make-lastditch-appeal-to-minister/59e7746d-78af-481a-ad94-ee3a83922750" target="_blank"><strong><span>British couple facing deportation over MS diagnosis make last-ditch appeal to minister</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Chinese government has offered little public indication that it would be willing to approve a sale beyond suggesting that any deal could not include TikTok's "algorithm", which has been called the app's secret sauce.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The announcement comes after the US and China agreed on a framework to ease export controls, a move that's expected to ease tensions and prevent further escalation of export and other restrictions between the two countries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's not clear whether a TikTok deal is included in the framework, but cooperation between the two sides could make an agreement to transfer control of the app to a US buyer more likely.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier on Tuesday, Trump told reporters that a TikTok deal would "probably" require approval by the Chinese government and said, "I think we'll get it."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think President Xi will ultimately approve it, yes," the US president added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The deal that had been in the making earlier this year would have involved several American venture capital funds, private equity firms and tech giants investing in a company that would control TikTok's US operations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/winter-temperatures-in-australia-forecast-what-to-expect-everything-to-know-explainer/00e46453-86c5-46fc-98ca-248427c4fb0a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Australia is in for an unusually warm winter. So why was the beginning of June so cold?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>TikTok's China-based owner, ByteDance, would have retained a 20 per cent stake in the spinoff company — a key stipulation of the law.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Several other high-profile bidders had also put their hands up to acquire the platform, including a group led by billionaire Frank McCourt and </span><em><span>Shark Tank</span></em><span>-famous investor Kevin O'Leary, Amazon, AI firm Perplexity and a separate group of investors that included YouTube and TikTok star Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was Trump who first tried to ban TikTok during his previous administration, but he has said he changed his mind after he "got to use it".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>TikTok CEO Shou Chew attended Trump's inauguration, seated on stage alongside Cabinet secretaries and other tech CEOs.</span></div></div>