China's ByteDance gets 15-day extension on US order to divest TikTok

China's ByteDance gets 15-day extension on US order to divest TikTok

The logo of TikTok application is seen on a screen in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Illustration

The Trump administration granted ByteDance a 15-day extension of a divestiture order that had directed the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short video-sharing app by Thursday.

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