It’s been about five months since a law requiring TikTok to be banned in the United States unless it was sold off by its China-based parent company, ByteDance, technically went into effect.

President Donald Trump claims that he's secured a buyer for TikTok, which would keep the popular video sharing app available to U.S. users. Even so, there's still further work to do before any potential sale is finalised.

President Donald Trump said he has identified a buyer for the US operations of TikTok, the social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance Ltd., but he won’t provide details for two weeks.“We have a buyer for Tiktok,