ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism— and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds

Incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz says that the federal law that could ban TikTok by Sunday also “allows for an extension as long as a viable deal is on the table.”

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration and be granted a prime seating location on the dais as the president-elect's national security adviser signals that the incoming administration may take steps to "keep TikTok from going dark.

The chief executive of TikTok, which went dark but then returned over the weekend, was among the tech executives who attended President Trump's inauguration. NBC News' Savannah Sellers reports.

The TikTok app briefly went dark on Sunday as no purchase agreement had been reached, only for Trump to step in and vow to push back the deadline. Attorney Whitney Boan weighs in.