TikTok app will be banned and go dark in US unless ByteDance makes a deal. Tim Stokely, founder of OnlyFans and Amazon submit late bids. What to know

After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld unanimously by the

Many questions remain about the state of a potential deal, but loyal TikTok users have reason to be optimistic. Several interested parties have raised their hands to potentially buy the app, and Trump has expressed a desire to help facilitate a deal and preserve access to the platform.

TikTok has just days to find a buyer in the United States or face a ban in the country. The White House on Tuesday indicated a deal may be close to done. NBC Bay Area business and tech reporter Scott Budman provides the latest in his video report above.

Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.

It’s possible President Donald Trump could extend the deadline by signing an executive order, but he hasn’t indicated that he would do so.

Under a 2024 law, TikTok faces a potential ban in the US starting on April 5 if its parent company, ByteDance, doesn't agree to divest ownership.

TikTok, one of the most popular social media platforms in the United States, has four days to reach a deal divesting it of Chinese ownership before it goes dark. The app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance,