US TikTok users may soon have to switch to a new version of the app
The report suggests that folks in the US will have to switch to the new app (dubbed "M2") in order to keep using TikTok. It's said that ByteDance will remove the existing TikTok app (which the company internally calls "M") from US app stores when the new one debuts. It's believed that the current version of the app will stop working in the US next March, though that timeline may shift.
This is the latest development in a long-running saga over the future of TikTok in the US. A law that former President Joe Biden signed last year gave ByteDance a deadline of January 19 to sell its US TikTok business or face a ban in the country. President Donald Trump took office on January 20 and swiftly paused enforcement of the law — he has delayed it twice more since then. As things stand, the ban is set to take effect on September 17.
In late June, Trump said there was a buyer in place for TikTok's US operations. He claimed that a "group of very wealthy people" is set to buy the app and that the identity of the collective would become clear in "about two weeks" — so around June 13. Trump added that the deal would likely need approval from the Chinese government since ByteDance is based in China, but said on Friday that he was "not confident" of getting it rubber stamped. On Monday, a Chinese government spokesperson dodged a question related to Trump's claims.
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