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Trump offers TikTok another extension on ban, says he has a "warm spot" in his heart for the app


At the start of last year, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act was passed, defining TikTok as being a threat to national security and...

Donald Trump has once again talked about having "a warm spot" in his heart for video-sharing platform TikTok. But Trump signed an executive order when he took office delaying the ban for 75 days into early April. ByteDance and the White House were reportedly finalizing the deal in April, but China said it would not approve anything after Trump introduced 145% tariffs on goods imported from the country.

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