Even after the executive order, the fate of TikTok remains highly uncertain, legal and tech policy analysts told ABC News. The executive order could face legal challenges, while the app may degrade over the coming months without user updates delivered via the app store, they said.

Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban for 75 days. The law went into effect on Sunday.

TikTok, one of the most popular social media platforms in the United States, has a little more than three months to reach a deal divesting it of Chinese ownership before it goes dark. The app boasts roughly 170 million monthly active users across the country but faces extinction by May if it fails to sell

President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April, but a host of questions remain - including whether Trump has the authority to issue such an order and if TikTok’s China-based parent would be amenable to selling the popular social media platform.

More specifically, it concerns President Trump's Jan. 20 executive order advising the attorney general not to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The effect of the executive order is to delay for 75 days the ban on TikTok that went into effect on Jan. 19.

Measure directs Justice Department to not enforce the law for 75 days while administration determines “the appropriate course forward.”

TikTok could still not be downloaded from the Apple and Google app stores in the U.S, even after President Trump's executive order.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to temporarily halt a law requiring TikTok to sell U.S. assets or be banned in the U.S.

President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that halts the ban on TikTok. But is TikTok actually "saved?"

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.

President Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at protecting TikTok from a new law banning the app. Legal experts say this order still leaves the company on shaky ground.

President Donald Trump’s decision to issue an executive order Monday delaying enforcement of the federal ban on TikTok has deepened a murky legal landscape in the US for the popular social media app and its technology partners.