President Donald Trump will extend a deadline for the owner of the social media platform TikTok to find a U.S. buyer so it can continue to operate in the country, the White House said Tuesday.

白宫周二表示，特朗普总统将延长社交媒体平台TikTok寻找美国买家的最后期限， 以便该平台能继续在美国运营。



Trump plans to sign an executive order this week that would keep the platform, which has about 170 million U.S. users, running despite a bipartisan law banning it over national security concerns.

特朗普计划本周签署一项行政命令，允许这款拥有约1.7亿美国用户的平台继续运行，尽管两党法律出于国家安全考虑禁止该软件。

The 2024 law requires the app's Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell it to a non-Chinese buyer or face a nationwide prohibition.

这项2024年生效的法律要求TikTok的北京母公司字节跳动将其出售给非中国买家，否则将面临全国范围的禁令。

"As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday.

白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特周二在声明中表示：“正如总统多次所说，特朗普不希望TikTok被迫关闭。”

The order will give ByteDance three more months to comply with the law, which the Supreme Court upheld early this year.

美国政府将给予字节跳动额外三个月的时间寻找非中国卖家，最高法院今年早些时候通过这项行政命令。

"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.

“这次延期时长是90天， 政府将在此期间努力促成交易达成，以确保美国民众能够继续使用TikTok，让他们相信数据是安全可靠的。” 莱维特说。

During his first presidential term, Trump issued an executive order to ban TikTok, citing concerns that the app could pose a threat to information security. Courts thwarted that ban.

在特朗普的第一个总统任期内，他曾签署行政命令封禁TikTok， 理由是担忧该应用可能威胁信息安全。 但法院未通过这项禁令。

The law was passed last year and was set to take effect as Trump began his second presidential term.

该法律于去年通过，原计划在特朗普开始第二个总统任期时生效。

The video-sharing app briefly went dark in the United States just ahead of Trump's second inauguration, but service was restored after he signaled he would act.

这款应用在特朗普第二次就职前夕曾短暂下线， 但在他表示将采取行动后恢复了服务。

Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office postponing the TikTok ban for 75 days, giving ByteDance until April 5 to find a U.S. buyer.

特朗普在重返总统职位的第一天签署行政命令，将TikTok禁令推迟了75天，让字节跳动在4月5日前找到美国买家。

In March, Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence in a deadline-beating deal, saying, "There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement."

三月份，副总统JD·万斯很有信心能按时完成交易，他说：“几乎可以肯定会达成高层协议。”

With no buyer apparent in April, Trump extended the deadline until Thursday.

由于四月份仍未出现买家，特朗普将最后期限延长至周四。

Earlier Tuesday, he said any divestiture deal would "probably have to get China approval, but I think we'll get it."

周二早些时候，特朗普表示任何剥离交易“可能都需要中国批准，但我认为我们会获得批准。”

Trump joined TikTok as a user a little over a year ago.

特朗普在大约一年前成为了TikTok用户。

素材来源：iYuba