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US TikTok ban hangs in the balance as Trump asks for stay

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Janelle Dumalaon in Washington
January 8, 2025

TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance faces a fast-approaching deadline in the United States. It must either sell the popular app or accept a ban on national security grounds starting January 19, 2025. President-elect Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court for a stay.

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