President Donald Trump has signed an executive order (EO) to pause the enforcement of the divest-or-ban TikTok law for 75 days. This will allow his administration time to determine the best next step with regard to the video app. The endorsement freeze also covers between the original deadline of Jan. 19 and the signing of the EO.
According to a law enacted in April last year, TikTok faces a ban in the United States if it doesn’t separate from its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance.
“I guess I have a warm spot for Tiktok that I didn’t have originally,” Trump said as he signed the EO, crediting TikTok, a platform with many young users, for helping him win over young voters in the 2024 election. He indicated in the EO that he wanted to find a solution “that protects national security while saving a platform used by 170 million Americans.”…