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| Executive order delaying TikTok ban gets Trump sign-off | Executive order delaying TikTok ban gets Trump sign-off |
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| The order was among a slew of directives Trump signed on Monday evening. | The order was among a slew of directives Trump signed on Monday evening. |
| President Trump has signed an executive order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires a sale or ban of the platform. | President Trump has signed an executive order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires a sale or ban of the platform. |
| He says during that time, the US will not enforce the law passed by Congress last year and signed by former President Joe Biden. | He says during that time, the US will not enforce the law passed by Congress last year and signed by former President Joe Biden. |
| The order was among a slew of directives Trump signed on Monday evening. | The order was among a slew of directives Trump signed on Monday evening. |
| Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he said: "I tell you what. Every rich person has called me about TikTok." | Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he said: "I tell you what. Every rich person has called me about TikTok." |
| When asked by a reporter why he's had a change of heart since trying to ban TikTok in 2020, Trump responded: "Because I got to use it." | When asked by a reporter why he's had a change of heart since trying to ban TikTok in 2020, Trump responded: "Because I got to use it." |
| On Saturday evening, the Chinese-owned app stopped working for American users, after a law banning it on national security grounds came into effect. | On Saturday evening, the Chinese-owned app stopped working for American users, after a law banning it on national security grounds came into effect. |
| It resumed services to its 170 million users in the US after Trump said he would issue an executive order to give the app a reprieve when he took office. | It resumed services to its 170 million users in the US after Trump said he would issue an executive order to give the app a reprieve when he took office. |
| TikTok's parent company, Bytedance, previously ignored a law requiring it to sell its US operations to avoid a ban. The law was upheld by Supreme Court on Friday and went into effect on Sunday. | TikTok's parent company, Bytedance, previously ignored a law requiring it to sell its US operations to avoid a ban. The law was upheld by Supreme Court on Friday and went into effect on Sunday. |
| Trump had backed a ban of the platform during his first term in the White House. | Trump had backed a ban of the platform during his first term in the White House. |
| TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew attended Trump's inauguration on Monday along with other big technology bosses, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. | |
| Earlier on Monday, YouTube star Mr Beast posted a TikTok video of him apparently from a private jet on his way to make an official offer to buy the short video platform. | |
| The post gave no other details about the offer, only that it would be "crazy". | |
| Other companies, billionaires and celebrities have expressed interest in buying TikTok, including X owner Musk and an investor from the TV show Shark Tank, Kevin O'Leary. | |
| Additional reporting by Michelle Fleury | |
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