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TikTok’s future in the US: all of the news about Microsoft’s deal and Trump’s ban threats

TikTok&rsquo;s future in the US is up in the air, and there&rsquo;s a lot of news about what may happen next with the massively popular Chinese-owned video-sharing service. It all started with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioning the possibility of a ban on July 6th, which escalated to President Trump saying he would ban the app from operating in the US the weekend of July 31st. But over that weekend, reports indicated Microsoft was potentially in talks to buy TikTok, which Microsoft later confirmed in a blog post published on August 2nd.
In its blog post, Microsoft said it would complete its talks with TikTok parent company ByteDance by September 15th. Trump has also pointed to that deadline, saying that TikTok will &ldquo;be out of business in the United States&rdquo; on September 15th unless it&rsquo;s purchased by an American company.
There are surely still twists to come in this ever-evolving story, and you can follow along with the latest updates right here.

TikTok was threatened with a ban, but that’s looking less likely now.

TikTok doesn’t seem very high on the US / China priority list.

Biden revokes and replaces Trump orders banning TikTok and WeChat

The US government will let TikTok run out the clock and ‘overlook’ its own deadline

TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, would like to know what’s up

Oracle founder donated $250,000 to Graham PAC in final days of TikTok deal

TikTok chief security officer says its servers are already separate from ByteDance

Judge halts Trump administration ban on TikTok downloads

Judge rejects TikTok creators’ request to delay ban, says they won’t suffer ‘irreparable harm’

Oracle says ByteDance will have no ownership stake in the new TikTok Global

President Trump says he approves of Oracle’s bid for TikTok ‘in concept’

Trump’s TikTok ban is a gross abuse of power

TikTok will spin off into a separate company, partly owned by Oracle

Sen. Hawley calls for US to reject Oracle’s TikTok deal

Oracle’s TikTok deal accomplishes nothing

Oracle reportedly wins deal for TikTok’s US operations as ‘trusted tech partner’

Microsoft says it’s not acquiring TikTok after ByteDance rejects offer

Trump’s TikTok deal has hit a serious roadblock

New technology export rules in China could affect TikTok sale to a US company

WeChat users group sues Trump administration over ban it says is unconstitutional

TikTok confirms it will sue the Trump administration

Oracle is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok’s US business

TikTok collected device identifiers for over a year in violation of Android policies

The big legal questions behind Trump’s TikTok and WeChat bans

Twitter and TikTok reportedly have had talks about a deal

TikTok lawsuit against Trump administration could come as early as Tuesday

Apple’s Chinese business could be devastated by Trump’s WeChat ban

Bill Gates calls Microsoft’s TikTok deal a poisoned chalice

Trump’s WeChat ban could touch everything from Spotify to League of Legends

Trump will prohibit transactions with ByteDance beginning September 20th in apparent TikTok ban

Microsoft might want its TikTok deal to cover the whole world

The biggest problem with Microsoft’s fractured TikTok deal

Apple is not interested in buying TikTok

Trump threatens that TikTok will ‘close down’ on September 15th unless an American company buys it

Why Microsoft wants TikTok

Microsoft says CEO Satya Nadella has talked to Trump about buying TikTok

Microsoft reportedly puts TikTok acquisition talks on hold

How the Trump administration could ‘ban’ TikTok

White House says restrictions on TikTok could come in ‘weeks, not months’

Fear of a Chinese social network

Apple’s weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans

Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices

Apple’s smart home camera service is starting to impress me

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