IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentLocalShare & Save —My NewsManage ProfileEmail PreferencesSign OutSearchSearchProfileSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSectionsLocaltvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeSearchSearchTrump set to grant another extension to avoid TikTok disruption The social media platform is technically prohibited under U.S. law unless it can find an American buyer. Get more newsLiveonJune 17, 2025, 6:22 PM EDT / Updated June 17, 2025, 7:35 PM EDTBy and President Donald Trump will to find a U.S. buyer so it can continue to operate in the country, the White House said Tuesday.Trump plans to sign an executive order this week that would keep the platform, which has about 170 million U.S. users, running despite a bipartisan law banning it over national security concerns. The 2024 law requires the app’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, ."As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday. The order will give ByteDance three more months to comply with the law, which ."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," Leavitt said.During his first term, Trump banned TikTok by executive order, arguing it was a potential tool of a foreign adversary, China. Courts thwarted that ban.The law was passed last year and was set to take effect as Trump began his second presidential term. The video-sharing app in the United States just ahead of Trump’s second inauguration, but after he signaled he would act.Trump on his first day back in office postponing the TikTok ban for 75 days, giving ByteDance until April 5 to find a U.S. buyer. In March, expressed , saying, “There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement.”With no buyer apparent in April, Trump extended the deadline until Thursday.Earlier Tuesday, he said would "probably have to get China approval, but I think we'll get it. I think President Xi will ultimately approve it."as a user a little over a year ago.Monica Alba is a White House correspondent for NBC News.Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.© 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office postponing the TikTok ban for 75 days, giving ByteDance until April 5 to find a U.S. buyer., Under Trump’s executive order, the ban on TikTok will not be enforced by Attorney General Pam Bondi until April 5. The app’s availability past that deadline is unclear and depends on whether.