Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump was willing to let TikTok "go dark." The White House extended the divestiture deadline for TikTok parent company ByteDance to Dec. 16.

On 25 January TikTok suffered a major outage during Winter Storm Fern, leaving creators unable to upload or earn as millions experienced service disruption.

In a wide-ranging CNBC Squawk Box interview on Tuesday, Bessent pointed to the turning point: "President Trump made it clear that he would have been willing to let TikTok go dark, that we were not ...

According to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, President Trump’s willingness to let TikTok “go dark” was the key factor in securing a deal for the app’s U.S. operations. This firm stance on national ...

After nine months of waiting, a TikTok sale may be just around the corner. President Donald Trump hinted in a Truth Social post on Sept. 15 that the United States and China have reached a deal to ...