<p>The US Commerce Department on Saturday announced a one-week delay until September 27 in an order issued Friday that was set to require Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove the TikTok app for download.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/tiktok-oracle-deal-has-donald-trumps-blessing-890159.html" target="_blank">TikTok, Oracle deal has Donald Trump's 'blessing'</a></strong></p>.<p>The order said in "light of recent positive developments" and at US President Donald Trump's direction the order will be delayed until September 27 at 11:59 pm. A person briefed on the matter said the delay gives TikTok owner ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart time to finalize the deal to create a new company called TikTok Global to handle TikTok's US operations. </p>
<p>The US Commerce Department on Saturday announced a one-week delay until September 27 in an order issued Friday that was set to require Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove the TikTok app for download.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/tiktok-oracle-deal-has-donald-trumps-blessing-890159.html" target="_blank">TikTok, Oracle deal has Donald Trump's 'blessing'</a></strong></p>.<p>The order said in "light of recent positive developments" and at US President Donald Trump's direction the order will be delayed until September 27 at 11:59 pm. A person briefed on the matter said the delay gives TikTok owner ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart time to finalize the deal to create a new company called TikTok Global to handle TikTok's US operations. </p>