One month until TikTok could be banned (again). What you need to know

TikTok could go dark in the U.S. again if President Donald Trump does not strike a deal with China by Sept. 17.

The short-form video app has been under scrutiny for months, as some government officials believe it is a national security threat.

President Donald Trump has one month to finalize the sale of TikTok or the short-form video platform risks going dark in the U.S. – again.

For months, Trump has said negotiations for the sale of TikTok have been ongoing with China, as the platform is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance. Since the platform went dark for less than 24 hours in January, Trump has extended the deadline on a ban of TikTok in the U.S. three times. And he may just conduct a fourth.

In late July, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a CNBC interview that if