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TikTok's on the Clock -- Again. Here's What to Know if a Sale Doesn't Go Through


TikTok's sale deadline is approaching once more, so will the app finally be sold or will President Trump just keep extending the deadline every few weeks?

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It's deja vu. The federal ban on the popular social media app TikTok is set to go into effect on Thursday, June 19, after President Donald Trump extended the deadline a second time. He signed an executive order in April, giving the app 75 days to sell itself to an approved buyer after he signed a similar order in January. TikTok went dark for a short period in the US in January before that deadline extension was announced. 


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