Chinese tech giant ByteDance has roughly two weeks to save its video app TikTok from a renewed US ban — and there are signs cloud computing giant Oracle may play a prominent role.

Top congressional aides met with Oracle on Tuesday to talk about TikTok, which faces a ban in the United States unless it is sold to a non-Chinese owner by early April.

TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. is once again racing toward a deadline to sell off its popular video app or face a ban in the US. Several interested buyers have publicly emerged, and the most discussed deal scenarios involve a key role for a longtime partner of the video platform: Oracle Corp.

President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that an agreement to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations to a non-Chinese buyer is expected to be finalized before the April 5 deadline. The Details: President Trump set the Saturday deadline for a sale in January under a 2024 law requiring ByteDance,

As the clock ticks toward April 5, 2025, the fate of TikTok in the United States hangs in the balance. The wildly popular short-video app, used by approximately 170 million Americans, faces a potential shutdown unless its Chinese parent company,

If ByteDance does not sell TikTok by April 5, the app could be banned again. Donald Trump plans to stop it. Here's what to know before the deadline.

Saturday, April 5 is the deadline for TikTok to be sold off from its Chinese parent company or face being banned like it was earlier this year. Yet President Trump expects a deal to be reached.

TikTok, one of the most popular social media platforms in the United States, has four days to reach a deal divesting it of Chinese ownership before it goes dark. The app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance,