TikTok ban: Trump says he will ‘most likely’ give app a 90-day extension

A law that prohibits mobile app stores and internet hosting services from distributing TikTok to US users takes effect on Sunday.

TikTok could be handed a 90-day reprieve by Donald Trump (Jeff Chiu/AP)

US president-elect Donald Trump has said he would “most likely” give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a US ban.

Mr Trump said in an NBC News interview that he had not decided what to do but was considering granting TikTok a reprieve after he is sworn into office on Monday.