President Donald Trump announced a 75 day extension Friday that further delays the  enforcement of a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese-parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban. 

The ban was originally supposed to take effect on Jan. 19. After Trump’s original Jan. 20 executive order, the Trump administration said TikTok could operate for 75 days past then, which placed the deadline on April 5. This new delay, announced by Trump on Truth Social, extends the deadline another 75 days to either June 18 or 19, depending on whether the Trump administration considers the extension’s start date to be Friday or Saturday. Trump said he is extending the deadline while he negotiates with TikTok and China.

“We hope to continue working in Good Faith with China, who I understand are not very happy about our Reciprocal Tariffs (Necessary for Fair and Balanced Trade between China and the U.S.A.!),” Trump said in his post. “This proves that Tariffs are the most powerful Economic tool, and very important to our National Security! We do not want TikTok to ‘go dark.’ We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal.” 

TikTok briefly “went dark” across the United States in January before returning to operation after less than 24 hours. App stores also removed access to the app, including the option to download or update it, until February after Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi, who at that time had not been sworn into office, to “issue a letter to each provider stating that there has been no violation of the statute and that there is no liability” for violations of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. App stores and service providers could face fines of up to $5,000 per user granted access to TikTok if the law is enforced.