Technology and cybersecurity

Executive Order 14350: Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay

President: Donald J. Trump

Extended temporary non-enforcement of the TikTok divestiture law until December 2025.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 14350 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 14350 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

Illustration of a TikTok phone, an hourglass and a federal order
The order concerns a dated enforcement delay, not repeal of the divestiture statute or an indefinite exemption. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14350 do?

EO 14352 cited EO 14350 and set out a later TikTok transaction and implementation approach in September 2025.

Administration position: A temporary enforcement delay is distinct from repeal of the statute; the later order has its own conditions.

Reading the operative provisions of Executive Order 14350

EO 14350 extended the Attorney General’s temporary non-enforcement direction under the TikTok divest-or-ban statute until December 2025. It gave additional time for a transaction or other resolution while preserving the underlying law. The Federal Register text of EO 14350 sets the extension period and applies to specified enforcement against covered parties.

The order did not repeal the statutory divestiture requirement or establish that a proposed transaction satisfied it. A sale would need to meet the statute’s definition of a qualified divestiture and address ownership, control, data access and operational independence. The Attorney General’s non-enforcement direction provided a temporary pause, but companies and service providers still had to monitor the statute and later executive actions.

EO 14352, issued afterward, set out a proposed framework for saving TikTok and further altered enforcement timing. The two orders should be read chronologically: EO 14350 extended an earlier pause, while the later order addressed a specific proposed resolution. The temporary deadline has passed, so EO 14350’s historical period should not be treated as the present deadline. Current status depends on the later order, the statute and any final transaction records.

SignedSeptember 16, 2025
Original directionExtended temporary non-enforcement of the TikTok divestiture law until December 2025.
Later evidenceEO 14352 cited EO 14350 and set out a later TikTok transaction and implementation approach in September 2025.
Review dateSeptember 26, 2026

Before and after

Before the order

Prior executive delays had postponed enforcement as a qualifying transaction was pursued.

After the order

EO 14352 cited EO 14350 and set out a later TikTok transaction and implementation approach in September 2025.

A temporary enforcement delay is distinct from repeal of the statute; the later order has its own conditions.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Department of JusticeDo not enforce the TikTok Act or impose penalties for noncompliance during the extension; continue to withhold enforcement for conduct before or during the covered period.Through December 16, 2025; protection for prior conduct continues after that date.
Attorney GeneralIssue implementation guidance; send each provider a letter stating there was no violation or liability for covered conduct; defend the Executive’s exclusive enforcement authority.No specific deadline stated; the enforcement direction applies through December 16, 2025 and to prior conduct afterward.
Department of JusticePay the costs of publishing the order.At publication.
Later actionEO 14352 cited EO 14350 and set out a later TikTok transaction and implementation approach in September 2025.September 25, 2025

What happened next

EO 14350 signed.

EO 14352 cited EO 14350 and set out a later TikTok transaction and implementation approach in September 2025.