Daily Memo: TikTok’s Time Is Up

The app ban touches on numerous aspects of the burgeoning U.S.-China “tech cold war."

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Clock ticking for TikTok. The Trump administration announced Friday that it will ban U.S. business transactions with China-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok effective on Sunday. This effectively means people who have already downloaded the wildly popular apps will probably still be able to use them indefinitely. But an accompanying ban on hosting or transferring […]

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