The US government has contended that TikTok is a national security threat. Photo: dpa The US government has contended that TikTok is a national security threat. Photo: dpa
The US government has contended that TikTok is a national security threat. Photo: dpa

TikTok

China /  Diplomacy

US announces stay of TikTok ban, and sale deadline is held off for at least a month

  • Commerce Department ban would have kept US service providers from working with the popular video-sharing app
  • A US court hearing a suit by Tiktok’s parent, ByteDance, effectively mooted the Thursday deadline imposed by Donald Trump for the sale of TikTok’s US operations

Topic |   TikTok
Jodi Xu Klein
Jodi Xu Klein in New York

Updated: 8:03am, 13 Nov, 2020

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The US government has contended that TikTok is a national security threat. Photo: dpa The US government has contended that TikTok is a national security threat. Photo: dpa
The US government has contended that TikTok is a national security threat. Photo: dpa
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