TikTok’s fight against shut down gains support from key US lawmakers

TikTok’s fortunes took a positive turn on Thursday as a growing number of US officials said its Chinese owner should have more time to sell the app and stop it from being banned ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Trump’s incoming national security adviser said the new Republican administration will keep the social media app used by 170 million Americans alive in the US if there is a viable deal and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer urged President Joe Biden to extend by 90 days a deadline to shut it down on Sunday.