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TikTok prepares to shut down app in US on Sunday, sources say

By Reuters TikTok plans to shut its app for U.S. users on Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app used by 170 million Americans is set to take effect, barring a last-minute reprieve, people familiar with the matter said. The law signed in April mandates a ban on new TikTok downloads on Apple AAPL.O or Google GOOGL.O app stores if Chinese-parent ByteDance fails to divest the site. Under TikTok’s plan, if it is banned, users attempting to open the app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website with information about the ban, the people said, requesting anonymity as the matter is not public. “We go dark. Essentially, the platform shuts down,” TikTok lawyer Noel […] The post TikTok prepares to shut down app in US on Sunday, sources say first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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