TikTok extension, potential deal may violate law: Top Senate Democrat

Las Vegas TikToker hopes to remove ban on account

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to delay the scheduled ban on TikTok another 75 days. The move gives the China-based company additional time to sell U.S. assets to a non-Chinese parent company. While the app is still currently available in the U.S., one TikToker based out of Las Vegas told 8 News Now she has been banned from her account for more than a month for unknown reasons and is frustrated tha…

What’s the Point in TikTok Ban If Trump Won’t Enforce It?

(Shutterstock)Tick tock, TikTokAccording to the law, either TikTok should be banned from U.S. devices right now, or its parent company, ByteDance, should have sold the social media application. Neither has happened, but if you open the app right now, you can still watch families in enormous houses participate in dance crazes to your heart’s content.The TikTok ban passed both chambers of Congress, and then-President Joe Biden signed it into law l…

TikTok extension, potential deal may violate law: Top Senate Democrat

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee warned Monday that President Trump’s additional extension for TikTok’s parent company to divest from the app, as well as a potential divestment deal on the table, may violate the law.  In a letter to Trump, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he has “deep reservations with how you…

The founder kings of Silicon Valley: Dual-class stock gives US social media company controllers nearly as much power as ByteDance has over TikTok

When Congress passed a law in 2024 to ban TikTok unless it came under U.S. ownership, lawmakers argued that the app’s Chinese parent company posed national security concerns. The Trump administration, which had granted the viral video app a reprieve shortly after taking office in January 2025, extended that pause again on April 4 after the Chinese government reportedly scuttled a planned deal. Regardless of how this all shakes out, the TikTok fi…

Senator Mark Warner says new Trump TikTok extension may violate law

Trump on Friday said he extended by 75 days a deadline for ByteDance to sell US assets of TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer, or face a ban.

Controversy over TikTok Divestiture Deadline Extension

Controversy over TikTok Divestiture Deadline Extension In a statement on Monday, Senator Mark Warner, the leading Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, condemned President Trump's extension of the deadline for ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. operations, labeling it a legal violation.Trump, who extended the date by 75 days, has faced criticism over a proposed agreement that may allow ByteDance to retain substantial control over the app…