Judge blocks TikTok ban as negotiations with US continue It would be hard to squeeze this ongoing story into a 60-second TikTok. TikTok sale deadline passes with no conclusive dealThe latest deadline for ByteDance to sell the widely popular video-sharing app TikTok passed on Friday without a final deal being reached or the Trump administration again extending the deadline. TikTok deal deadline not extended, but talks expected to continueThe Trump administration had compelled ByteDance to sell TikTok US to American owners by December 4. The deal would still need nod from Beijing if approved by Washington. How ByteDance’s US TikTok operations ended up in limboThe popular video-sharing app TikTok, for the time being, is no longer being held against a specific date to be sold to an American owner. But the company still aims for a deal with Walmart and Oracle that will alleviate the government’s national securi