<p>President Donald Trump's administration said Wednesday it was still working to resolve its security concerns over Chinese-owned app TikTok after the firm sought to delay a deadline to sell its US operations.</p>.<p>Chinese company ByteDance has until Thursday to restructure ownership of the app in the United States to meet national security concerns, but it filed a petition in a Washington court this week asking for a delay.</p>.<p>The company said in a Tuesday statement that it had asked the government for a 30-day extension because of "continual new requests and no clarity on whether our proposed solutions would be accepted," but it had not been granted.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, the US Treasury Department said in a statement it "remains focused on reaching a resolution of the national security risks arising from ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/us-election-donald-trump-wins-alaska-his-electoral-college-tally-goes-up-to-217-914634.html">US Election: Donald Trump wins Alaska, his electoral college tally goes up to 217</a></strong></p>.<p>ByteDance had established TikTok in the United States three years ago by buying Musical.ly -- a lip-syncing video app that was already present in the country -- and merging the two platforms together.</p>.<p>The Treasury department disputed the firm's allegations of a lack of clarity from the government, saying "we have been clear with ByteDance regarding the steps necessary" to reach a resolution.</p>.<p>The Trump administration has been seeking to ban the app in the US, citing the risk of it handing over American user data to Beijing.</p>.<p>The company flatly denies the allegations.</p>.<p>Trump signed a set of orders against the video platform this summer.</p>.<p>One required ByteDance to sell its US TikTok operations within 90 days, citing national security concerns.</p>.<p>The company also faced an order that would effectively ban the app from the country by the same date.</p>.<p>But on October 30, a Pennsylvania judge issued an injunction temporarily blocking the order aimed at banning it.</p>.<p>The order would have knocked the Chinese-owned video-sharing app offline by cutting it off from US businesses providing website hosting, data storage and other fundamentals needed to operate.</p>.<p>The Trump administration has appealed the ruling.</p>.<p>ByteDance and TikTok have proposed creating a new company with IT firm Oracle as a technology partner and retail giant Walmart as a business partner.</p>.<p>The plan seemed to convince the administration, but the platform is still awaiting a green light.</p>.<p>TikTok has 100 million users in the United States.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump's administration said Wednesday it was still working to resolve its security concerns over Chinese-owned app TikTok after the firm sought to delay a deadline to sell its US operations.</p>.<p>Chinese company ByteDance has until Thursday to restructure ownership of the app in the United States to meet national security concerns, but it filed a petition in a Washington court this week asking for a delay.</p>.<p>The company said in a Tuesday statement that it had asked the government for a 30-day extension because of "continual new requests and no clarity on whether our proposed solutions would be accepted," but it had not been granted.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, the US Treasury Department said in a statement it "remains focused on reaching a resolution of the national security risks arising from ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/us-election-donald-trump-wins-alaska-his-electoral-college-tally-goes-up-to-217-914634.html">US Election: Donald Trump wins Alaska, his electoral college tally goes up to 217</a></strong></p>.<p>ByteDance had established TikTok in the United States three years ago by buying Musical.ly -- a lip-syncing video app that was already present in the country -- and merging the two platforms together.</p>.<p>The Treasury department disputed the firm's allegations of a lack of clarity from the government, saying "we have been clear with ByteDance regarding the steps necessary" to reach a resolution.</p>.<p>The Trump administration has been seeking to ban the app in the US, citing the risk of it handing over American user data to Beijing.</p>.<p>The company flatly denies the allegations.</p>.<p>Trump signed a set of orders against the video platform this summer.</p>.<p>One required ByteDance to sell its US TikTok operations within 90 days, citing national security concerns.</p>.<p>The company also faced an order that would effectively ban the app from the country by the same date.</p>.<p>But on October 30, a Pennsylvania judge issued an injunction temporarily blocking the order aimed at banning it.</p>.<p>The order would have knocked the Chinese-owned video-sharing app offline by cutting it off from US businesses providing website hosting, data storage and other fundamentals needed to operate.</p>.<p>The Trump administration has appealed the ruling.</p>.<p>ByteDance and TikTok have proposed creating a new company with IT firm Oracle as a technology partner and retail giant Walmart as a business partner.</p>.<p>The plan seemed to convince the administration, but the platform is still awaiting a green light.</p>.<p>TikTok has 100 million users in the United States.</p>