President Donald Trump has chosen Vice President J.D. Vance and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz to oversee the potential sale of TikTok to a U.S.-based entity before the ban extension in April. The negotiations will involve ByteDance, which currently owns TikTok, and it’s unclear what type of ownership arrangement will satisfy U.S. national security concerns. Despite maintaining that it doesn’t share data with the Chinese government, TikTok faced a ban in January before being temporarily rescued by Trump’s executive order. Potential American buyers, like Jimmy Donaldson and Frank McCourt, are interested in purchasing the app. Representatives like Raja Krishnamoorthi and Jason Crow want the app to remain accessible to American users but divested from ByteDance. During the 75-day reprieve, users have been able to access TikTok, but it is not currently available in Google and Apple app stores. The Department of Justice has clarified that Google and Apple won’t be penalized for offering TikTok for download, in accordance with Trump’s executive order. As ByteDance may be more willing to negotiate the sale now that other options have been exhausted, there is hope that a deal can be reached to satisfy both U.S. national security concerns and keep the popular app in circulation.
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