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US TikTok Ban Looms As Trump Seeks Last-ditch Solution

US President-elect Donald Trump has been supportive of TikTok, but it is unclear if he can find a way to avert a ban on the app before the Sunday deadline (Credit: AFP)

TikTok says it will "go dark" in the United States on Sunday, threatening access to the app for 170 million users, unless the government provides assurances that a law mandating its sale or ban won't be used to punish service providers.

After months of legal tussles, the US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would ban the popular video-sharing platform in the name of national security, unless its Chinese owners reach an 11th-hour deal to sell it to non-Chinese buyers by Sunday.

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