Popular video-sharing app TikTok is still available to US users only because President Trump issued an executive order in early 2025 to postpone the ban the Chinese app is facing. Trump has extended the delay two more times since then, with the latest extension coming just a few weeks ago.

TikTok owner ByteDance is developing a replacement app intended for US-based users, according to a report, as President Trump says a deal with an American buyer is 'pretty much done.'

Less than a month after extending a deadline to ban TikTok for the third time, President Donald Trump told reporters late Friday night that, “We pretty much have a deal,” on TikTok.

Newly disclosed records show Attorney General Pam Bondi gave cover to not only Apple and Google, but also several other companies that help TikTok operate in the US.

The US version is expected to use its own algorithm, resolving the issue of whether China’s ByteDance will share its crown jewel.

TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China, regulators said Thursday.