Vance hopeful 'high-level' TikTok deal will be completed by early April

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Source: AP

Updated 6:32 PM EDT, March 14, 2025


Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he was hopeful a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. will be wrapped up by the early April deadline. “There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns, allows there to be a distinct American TikTok enterprise,” Vance said in an interview with NBC News abroad Air Force Two.

Questions about the future of the popular video sharing app have continued to linger since a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest or face a ban took effect on Jan. 19. After taking office, President Donald Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve by signing an executive order that delayed enforcement of the statute until April 5.

Vance, along with National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, were tapped by Trump to find an approved buyer. On Sunday, Trump told reporters aboad Air Force One the administration was in talks with “four different groups” about TikTok and that a deal could come soon.

TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have not publicly commented on the talks. It’s also unclear if ByteDance has changed its position on selling TikTok, which it said early last year it does not plan to do.

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[PortTack]

1. They will ruin it. For those that don't use TikTok, it is one of the last bastions against fascism

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2. I got a post deleted and a warning straike added for calling a MAGA a potato

Literally. The entirely of the post was "Why does your head look like a potato?"

A few days ago, I reported a post that in plain straight language correlated black Americans with picking cotton. But it came back with "no violations found."

I still use tiktok and enjoy it, mostly, but let's not pretends its a progressive haven of free speech.