US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser has said the new administration will keep TikTok alive in the United States if there is a viable deal.
“We will put measures in place to keep TikTok from going dark,” Representative Mike Waltz told Fox News, noting the law gives authority for a 90-day extension for the app’s Chinese owner ByteDance to complete a divestiture “as long as a viable deal is on the table”.
He explained: “Essentially that buys President Trump time to keep TikTok going.”
TikTok did not immediately comment.
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