President Donald Trump is once again delaying the U.S. government’s push to force a sale or ban of TikTok’s American operations, announcing a third 90-day extension to the deadline initially set for ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the popular social media platform.

This latest extension pushes the deadline to mid-September and marks the third time since January that the president has opted for a reprieve, allowing negotiations around TikTok’s U.S. future to continue without immediate enforcement of a ban. The original January deadline, stemming from a national security law upheld by the Supreme Court, was already postponed in April and again in May.

“President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark. This extension will last 90 days, which the Administration will spend working to ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and secure.”

The pressure on ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. business has grown as national security concerns have mounted, with U.S. lawmakers and federal agencies citing risks related to data privacy and foreign surveillance. The national security law in question imposes penalties on digital platforms and internet service providers that support apps deemed a threat to U.S. users’ data security TikTok being chief among them.

Back in January, TikTok briefly went offline in the U.S., prompting tech giants Apple and Google to pull the app from their respective app stores. However, the app was restored shortly thereafter, once Trump’s initial executive order temporarily delayed the divestiture requirement.