Reports have identified potential buyers for TikTok, including Steven Mnuchin, Frank McCourt, and Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank fame. In a Fox News interview, O'Leary clarified that Trump is acting as an advisor on the matter, not a potential buyer.

Shou Zi Chew thanked the incoming president for efforts to "find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States."

TikTok said Friday night it would "go dark" Sunday. Trump told NBC hours later he would probably issue an order temporarily saving the app from a ban.

While President Joe Biden says he does not intend to enforce it, ByteDance says TikTok "will be forced to go dark" on Sunday after a Supreme Court ruling unanimously upheld the ban.

President-elect Donald Trump said he will “most likely” delay a ban on TikTok for 90 days after he takes office on Monday but noted he has not made a final decision in a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said on Friday he wants to thank U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his commitment to work with the company and find a solution that keeps the app available in the United States.

With the President-elect Donald Trump set to take office in a matter of days, TikTok could potentially be saved in the 11th hour.

After TikTok said it would be "forced to go dark" on Sunday unless the White House took action, President-elect Trump told ABC News he'd be likely to grant the social media company an extension.

President-elect Donald Trump publicly said Saturday that he will probably give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a U.S. ban set to take effect Sunday, just before he takes office.

President-elect Donald Trump says he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban

The UK must not follow the US in banning TikTok, the Alba Party’s Holyrood leader has urged. The US Supreme Court upheld the ban on the social media site – passed as a result of national security fears – this week, with a ban due to come into force from Sunday.