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Trump extends TikTok acquisition deadline by another 75 days

ByteDance's deadline to sell TikTok's U.S. operations was previously set for April 5.

Donovan Erskine

April 4, 2025 1:35 PM

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Back in January, Donald Trump signed an executive order to extend the impending TikTok ban in the United States. One of his first acts after being sworn in as President, the extension was followed with speculation about who may pay the bill to acquire the video-sharing app. Now, Trump is extending the deadline by another 75 days.

Donald Trump signed an executive order today to extend ByteDance’s deadline to sell TikTok’s U.S. business, which was set to arrive on April 5. With that, the new deadline is set for June 19, 2025. In a post to Truth Social, Trump said the deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed,” and that progress has been made.

Earlier this year, Trump said that Microsoft was in talks to acquire TikTok. This week, Amazon made a bid for the social media platform, too.

With TikTok given another extension, this saga will continue. The app’s brief shutdown in the United States early this year had instant ramifications, including a surprise outage for Marvel Snap, which led to developer Second Dinner splitting from its publisher and moving those duties in house.

Donovan Erskine

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Donovan is a journalist from Maryland. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom's desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge film fanatic and will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_