# 2025-19139: TikTok Must Sell to US or Lose App Updates by Year's End

2025-19139, Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-09-30, effective 2025-09-25 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19139
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-19139
- Title: Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 47219
- Published: 2025-09-30
- Effective: 2025-09-25
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

TikTok Must Sell to US or Lose App Updates by Year's End

## Summary

The government is giving TikTok more time to fix national security worries by requiring it to cut ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. TikTok and its users in the U.S. are affected, with the app’s ban delayed until December 16, 2025, while a deal to separate ownership is worked out. This move aims to keep TikTok alive in America without risking security, all while the clock ticks on important deadlines.

## Effects PRIA read

- 120-Day Federal Enforcement Pause: benefit, high. The Attorney General must not enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 120 days from September 25, 2025. The Department of Justice will take no action or penalties for conduct that occurs during that 120-day period or that occurred before this order wa…
- Qualified Divestiture Conditions Announced: benefit, high. The President determined that a proposed divestiture would be a "qualified divestiture" if implemented. Under the Framework Agreement the U.S. app will be operated by a new U.S.-based joint venture that is majority owned and controlled by U.S. persons, with ByteDance and its affiliates owning less…
- No Liability Letters to Providers: benefit, medium. The Attorney General must issue written guidance and letters to relevant providers stating there has been no violation of the Act and no liability for conduct during the 120-day period from September 25, 2025, and for conduct from the Act’s effective date through issuance of this order. Providers w…

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## Sources
- [2025-19139 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/30/2025-19139/saving-tiktok-while-protecting-national-security)
- [2025-19139 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-30/pdf/2025-19139.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19139 (as of 2026-11-04).