"We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation," the President-elect tells Kristen Welker in a phone interview

A law that prohibits mobile app stores and internet hosting services from distributing the video-sharing platform to U.S. users takes effect on Sunday.

TikTok threatens to ‘go dark’ on Sunday – as Trump dangles a 90-day reprieve once he’s sworn in the following day - The app’s owners had 270 days to sell it or face ban

The incoming president said he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day extension called for in a law upheld by the Supreme Court yesterday to see it sold or banned by a deadline tomorrow. In a phone interview with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News,

TikTok said it will be forced to go dark on January 19, the day the ban is set to take effect, without more assurances it won't be enforced.

Trump suggests he will extend the ban deadline by 90 days as Biden’s administration signals it won’t try to stop TikTok’s threatened shutdown on Sunday.

In an NBC News interview, Trump said on Saturday that he hadn't made a decision yet but was considering giving TikTok a reprieve after his inauguration on Monday.

A TikTok ban Sunday would implicate tech giants like Google, Apple and Oracle, who risk enormous fines if they keep the app operational.

Mediaite founder Dan Abrams accused NBC of “lying” about Chuck Todd’s departure from Meet the Press and replacing him with Kristen Welker on his SiriusXM show Monday, arguing that Todd was ...