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discocrisco01

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Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:06 PM Nov 2020

TikTok lives to see another day in US

Source: BBC

The order would have prevented the app from being downloaded in the US.

The Commerce Department delayed the ban "pending further legal developments," citing a Philadelphia court ruling from September where three prominent TikTokers had argued the app should be allowed to operate in America.

The decision will be a relief to the estimated 100 million US TikTok users.

In September, TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance announced a deal with Walmart and Oracle to shift TikTok's US assets into a new entity called TikTok Global.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54926759

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