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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Trump to ‘deal with’ TikTok ahead of April deadline, Commerce Secretary vows

TikTok could be banned if its parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell it by April 5 - (PA Wire)

The Trump administration will handle TikTok’s future by the original deadline set in the President’s January executive order, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.

Hours after taking office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving TikTok’s parent company ByteDance until April 5 to either divest or be banned from American app stores.

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