US President Donald Trump aims to prevent a TikTok ban by proposing a joint venture with new owners. TikTok was earlier given a 75-day reprieve to comply with a law requiring it to sever ties with its Chinese parent company,

TikTok shut down briefly in January in accordance with a law Congress passed requiring TikTok and other digital platforms controlled by “foreign adversaries” to be sold or banned.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will "probably" extend the deadline for the sale of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. "Right now, we have at least another month,