The TikTok ban is set to be delayed as Trump explores ways to extend it

This is the US ban on TikTok preparing to be late Bloomberg reports that the deadline falls over the holiday weekend and President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is looking to find ways to extend the deadline.

Biden officials see the issue as an issue for the incoming Trump administration, as the current administration does not plan to intervene before the ban’s Jan. 19 deadline. One official told Bloomberg that users should not expect the social network to shut down on Sunday.

Michael Waltz, Trump’s incoming national security adviser, told Fox News’ Fox and Friends that the incoming administration will take steps to blackmail TikTok. The Washington Post also writes that Trump subject to executive order gaining more time to negotiate a sale or find another solution once in the office.

While it was Trump who called for a ban on the program during his first term, he took a different approach during the last election campaign, promising to save the program if elected. Trump already asked The Supreme Court, that is Currently measuring the bansuspend the law.