Live cold open saw James Austin Johnson returning as Donald Trump, two days before the inauguration, this time talking about the TikTok ban. About an hour before the show aired, TikTok went dark as a new U.

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

Once he takes office on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump plans to give TikTok a 90-day 'reprieve' from a ban, he told NBC News on Saturday.

TikTok stopped services in the US late on Saturday hours before a federal law banning the app went into effect.

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,

Meanwhile, NBC News pointed out that Trump’s stance on TikTok is a flip-flop after he signed executive orders to ban the app as well as the Chinese messaging app WeChat during his first term. That measure was blocked by the courts.

In July 2020, then-President Donald Trump told reporters he would ban TikTok. The next month, he signed an executive order seeking to ban the app.

President-elect Donald Trump told ABC News he is likely to grant TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban in the United States.

President-elect Donald Trump said he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day grace period to avoid getting banned once he takes office on Jan. 20.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held their first phone talks in four years Friday. According to Trump, he spoke with Xi about TikTok, just hours before the Supreme upheld a law set to ban the social media platform in the United States in less than 48 hours.

The president-elect and Joe Biden are reportedly exploring legal avenues for keeping the app accessible. Meanwhile, a growing list of entrepreneurs are said to be weighing a buyout.