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TikTok ban: Trump will stop the platform going dark, says top adviser

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71% Informative

US President-elect Donald Trump will find a way to save TikTok from a ban on the app.

The ban is due to take effect this weekend unless it is sold by 19 January .

Chinese owner ByteDance has said it plans to shut off the app for its 170 million US users by Sunday .

The app has been banned on national security grounds, because of concerns its data could be collected by the Chinese Communist Party .

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71

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67

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76

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formal

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English

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42

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short-lived

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