Donald Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US
03 August 2020 |
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President Donald Trump has announced he is banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok in the US. He told reporters he could sign an executive order as early as Saturday. ... The fast-growing app has up to 80 million active monthly users in America and the ban would be a major blow for ByteDance.
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