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TikTok is being banned nationwide in the United States

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TikTok, a worldwide popular app owned by Chinese Company Bytedance, faced a huge controversy in America. The US Government raised concerns over TikTok being a place where China could steal Americans users. The US created a law temporarily banning TikTok, amid legal troubles. They claimed that its ties to China made it a threat to national security and that they needed an American company to buy TikTok or a stake in it.

Donald Trump the current president of the United States of America, gave TikTok 90 days to get a deal signed before being banned again. TikTok ended up passing and is now in the United States and isn't going to be banned.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-is-tiktok-being-banned-supreme-court-congress/

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The original claim about TikTok being banned and then simply “passing” to remain in the U.S. is incomplete and misleading. A federal law (the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act) required TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. operations or face a ban starting January 19, 2025. The U.S. government repeatedly delayed enforcement of that law through executive orders throughout 2025, extending the deadline multiple times (most notably to December 16, 2025). Eventually, TikTok reached a deal to form a new U.S. joint venture (majority owned by U.S. investors) intended to satisfy national security concerns. This deal would allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. under new ownership structure.

Through investigation of https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/further-extending-the-tiktok-enforcement-delay-9dde/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, I found that White House executive orders extending enforcement delays confirm that enforcement of the TikTok ban law was delayed multiple times through 2025, giving ByteDance additional time to find a compliant solution. It's clear that the government repeatedly postponed enforcement of the law rather than banning the app immediately as the original claim suggests.

Additionally, AP News articles outline extensions and national security discussions, reinforcing that TikTok has repeatedly avoided enforcement actions through extensions rather than a single decisive act. (https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-ban-deadline-extended-900b81465292126359cb83a8276752c0)

Ultimately, this claim is based in somewhat true events, but paints an incorrect picture of the situation.

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