U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would suspend the enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Trump is exploring unconventional ways to rescue TikTok from a nationwide ban, arguing it will help him reach an adoring audience throughout his second term.

President-elect Donald Trump is looking to save TikTok from being banned at all costs—even if it means taking a nontraditional route to keep the app in play. As soon as he takes office Jan. 20, sources told The Washington Post that Trump could sign an executive order to suspend the enforcement of the TikTok ban-or-sale law until he can make an adequate deal that would keep the app available in the U.

The company is awaiting a decision over the constitutionality of a new law that aims to force a sale of the app to a non-Chinese owner under the threat of a ban.

TikTok plans to keep paying U.S. employees even if the Supreme Court does not overturn a law that would force the sale of the short-video app in the U.S. or ban it, the company's leadership said in an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

As TikTok challenges its ban, it's hard to ignore the fact that the social media platform could very well be gone on Sunday. Currently, the TikTok ban is set for Jan. 19. On that date, it'll likely become unavailable for new users to download,

Are you keeping up with the pending TikTok shutdown? News of the ban first came in March 2024, when U.S. President Joe Biden told TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok to a buyer in the United States or face a ban in the United States.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese social media app RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest against a likely imminent ban on the short video app in the United States.

In reaction to—or protest over—the impending U.S. TikTok ban, which will take effect on Sunday if the app is not sold or if the Supreme Court doesn’t intervene, thousands of people in the country have joined RedNote.

Americans are going to lose access to TikTok in less than a week, unless China green-lights a sale to what Congress has deemed a non-adversary of the United States — something China is unlikely to do but might.

The future of TikTok hangs in the balance this week as the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) prepares to issue a verdict on banning the platform. For months, speculation has been rising about what will become of the popular content creation app that has launched many viral videos and created entire careers.