After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal fight about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe.

Social media platform TikTok is hurtling toward a U.S. ban that could upend its business and frustrate more than 150 million American users -- unless President-elect Donald Trump finds a way to reverse the policy.

TikTok's Chinese parent, ByteDance, is locked in a legal battle that could see it banned in the U.S. over national security concerns, but the new president could affect that outcome.

As the deadline for TikTok’s potential ban in the United States draws near, new reports suggest that President-elect Donald Trump may step in to prevent it. The situation has sparked discussions regarding the app’s future in the U.

The US president-elect, who tried to ban the social media platform the last time he was in the White House, has repeatedly pledged during his most recent campaign to oppose a ban