“As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark. This extension will last 90 days, which the Administration will spend working to ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and secure,” Leavitt said.

That gives the company time to find a US-approved buyer or face being effectively banned for US users. But it's not just TikTok on the line -- Lemon8, TikTok's sister app, could also be affected.Lemon8 is owned by ByteDance,

U.S. President Donald Trump will extend a June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok for 90 days despite a law that mandated a sale or shutdown absent significant progress, the White House said on Tuesday.