President-elect Donald Trump asked technology companies to “not let TikTok stay dark” and announced he would extend a deadline to sell the company after the video platform suspended its services in the US and Apple Inc. and Google removed the platform from their app stores.
“I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security,” Trump said in a social media post. “The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.”