The move is under discussion as the Chinese-owned app faces a Sunday deadline to find a new buyer or shut down in the United States.

The chief executive of TikTok plans to attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the plans. Shou Zi Chew has been invited to sit in a position of honor on the dais,

Shou Chew will join tech moguls like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as the fate of the app hangs in the balance.

President-elect Trump's national security adviser pick Rep. Mike Waltz says the president will look for a way to save TikTok if the Supreme Court upholds law that could ban it.