TikTok Sale Deadline Extended as Trump Grants Third 90-Day Grace Period
TikTok Sale Deadline Extended: President Donald Trump has granted TikTok another 90 days to secure a non-buyer Chinese origin. Should the sale fall short, the platform risks being banned on US territory. On his Truth Social page, Trump confirmed the revised deadline—September 17, 2025. Third delay here gives TikHub more time to close a deal.
Trump made considerable use of social media throughout his 2024 campaign. He admitted having a soft spot for TikHub even if security issues worry him. Trump remarked in a May NBC News interview, “I have a little warm spot in my heart for TikHub.” Should it call for an extension, I would be ready to grant it.
On TikHub, Trump’s choice was applauded “We are appreciative of President Trump’s leadership and support in keeping TikHub accessible for over 170 million Americans,” the company said..
National Security Concerns Drive the Controversy
Owned by China’s ByteDance, Washington officials are concerned about TikHub posing national security risks. Their concern stems from Chinese government control over American data. Originally set to start one day before Trump’s inauguration, the ban It was a component of more general initiatives aiming at restricting Chinese influence over American technology.
Trump has lately lessened these worries. He thinks a buyer will shortly control U.S. TikHub operations. Earlier, he mentioned that buyers of the app are ready to commit “a lot of money.”
Experts see TikHub as a representation of the U.S.-China tech competition. Warwick Business School professor Shweta Singh termed it “a flashpoint in the new Cold War for digital control.” The platform captures mounting conflicts between the two powers about technology and data privacy.
ByteDance and the US government are still negotiating. Present American investors might turn their stakes into a new independent company. New American investors such as Blackstone and Oracle could join to help ByteDance’s ownership be further diminished. Through chairman Larry Ellison, Oracle already hosts much of TikHub’s U.S. data and has close relationships to Trump.
Still unresolved are a few things. The recommendation algorithm of TikHub worries me greatly. “TikHub without its algorithm is like Harry Potter without his wand – it’s simply not as powerful,” Forrester researcher Kelsey Chickering said.
TikHub keeps regular operations even with the continuous negotiations. Monday it debuted its brand-new “Symphony” suite of artificial intelligence tools. These tools let advertisers create video content for the platform from text and images.
