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        <title><![CDATA[Can US TikTokers still legally use the app after Sunday’s download ban?]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Trump Administration&#8217;s long-threatened TikTok ban is here, but don&#8217;t plan a funeral for the popular video app just yet.</p><p>Beginning Sunday, both Apple and Google will be <strong>forced to stop making TikTok available to download on their app stores.</strong> Likewise, TikTok will not be able to update its software after Sunday.</p><p>Nevertheless, users who download TikTok before the deadline will still be free to use it under the Trump administration&#8217;s order &#8212; a fact that has sparked a tidal wave of downloads, according to reports.</p><p>A full TikTok ban will only arrive if the app&#8217;s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, can&#8217;t reach an agreement to sell its US business to a &#8220;very American company,&#8221; as ordered by President Trump. That result would force TikTok to completely shut down in the US on Nov. 12.</p><p>TikTok this week <strong>came to terms with California tech giant Oracle</strong> — headed by billionaire Trump supporter Larry Ellison — in a deal that would see the cloud-computing giant take a 20-percent stake. Walmart would also partner with Oracle under the proposed deal, which is still being examined by White House officials.</p><p>There is still time for President Trump to give his blessing to the deal before Sunday, which would allow the download ban to be avoided.</p><p>The Trump Administration has gone after TikTok because of concerns that China&#8217;s authoritarian government could obtain the sensitive user data collected by the app and use it to spy on Americans.</p><p>TikTok has aggressively denied that it has ever shared data with Beijing, and has said that it would not do so if asked.</p><p>In a Friday statement, a TikTok spokesperson said that the company was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; about the decision, reiterated that TikTok is &#8220;committed to protecting [user] privacy and safety&#8221; and said that the company would continue its legal challenge to Trump&#8217;s order.</p><p>&#8220;In our proposal to the US Administration, we&#8217;ve already committed to unprecedented levels of additional transparency and accountability well beyond what other apps are willing to do, including third-party audits, verification of code security, and US government oversight of US data security,&#8221; TikTok said.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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