Here We Go Again: TikTok Sale Deadline Approaches

Bree Fowler writes about cybersecurity and digital privacy. Before joining CNET she reported for The Associated Press and Consumer Reports. A Michigan native, she's a long-suffering Detroit sports fan, world traveler, three-star world marathoner and champion baker of over-the-top birthday cakes and all-things sourdough.

The clock just never seems to run out for TikTok.

A federal ban of the wildly popular social media app is set to kick in later this week, unless it reaches a deal to sell itself to a buyer deemed fit by US officials, or it's given yet another extension to do so by President Donald Trump.

Many observers are betting on the extension. The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal both published stories earlier this month quoting anonymous sources who said Trump planed to issue one. The ban ...