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US to ban app downloads of TikTok WeChat tomorrow over security threat

ByteDance plans to launch TikTok IPO in US and accept new Treasury terms

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Current TikTok users will see little change and US Commerce Department officials said they will not bar additional technical transactions for TikTok until November 12

Agencies Washington
The Donald Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from US app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat.
 
Current TikTok users will see little change and US Commerce Department officials said they will not bar additional technical transactions for TikTok until November 12, which gives the company time to see if owner ByteDance can clinch an agreement over the fate of its US operations. “The basic TikTok will stay intact until November 12,” US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Fox Business