On this photograph illustration, the brand of TikTok is displayed on a smartphone display on April 5, 2025 in Shanghai, China.
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Apple will preserve ByteDance-owned TikTok on its App Retailer for at the least 75 extra days after receiving assurances from Lawyer Common Pam Bondi, in line with a report from Bloomberg Information.
This comes after President Donald Trump signed an government order Friday to increase the TikTok ban deadline for the second time. TikTok will probably be banned within the U.S. except China’s ByteDance sells its U.S. operations below a nationwide safety regulation signed by former President Joe Biden in April 2024.
AG Bondi wrote in a letter to Apple that the corporate ought to act in accordance with Trump’s deadline extension and that it will not be penalized for internet hosting the platform, in line with unnamed sources cited within the report.
Apple didn’t reply to a request for remark.
After TikTok went briefly offline for U.S. customers in January following the preliminary ban deadline, it remained unavailable for obtain within the App Retailer till Feb. 13. Apple had reinstated TikTok to its app retailer after receiving the same letter of assurance from Bondi.
The extension comes days after Trump introduced cumulative tariffs of 54% on China. Previous to the extra tariff rollout on April 2, the president stated he might scale back duties on the nation to assist facilitate a deal for ByteDance to promote its U.S. operations of TikTok.
“Perhaps I will give them slightly discount in tariffs or one thing to get it finished,” Trump stated throughout a press convention in March. “TikTok is massive, however each level in tariffs is price greater than TikTok.”
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