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Eugene

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:57 AM Jan 16

US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance waves the 'white flag' [View all]

US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance waves the 'white flag' (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded U.S. TikTok on Wednesday upon hearing the news that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app for its 170 million U.S. users by Sunday, seemingly throwing in the towel on efforts to keep the popular video-sharing platform going.

Users who have amassed followings and careers on the app hoped for months that TikTok would find a way to avoid a U.S. ban passed into law in 2023. But resignation and anger have begun to set in, with Jan. 19 just a few days away.


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-tiktok-users-scramble-despair-230701282.html
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