{"id":30065,"date":"2020-09-23T18:12:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T23:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=30065"},"modified":"2020-09-23T18:12:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T23:12:46","slug":"tiktok-saved-at-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2020\/09\/23\/tiktok-saved-at-last-minute\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Saved At Last Minute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">President Trump&#8217;s ban on Tik Tok, an app owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance, has been saved from its U.S-based demise at the last minute. On Friday, Sept. 18,&nbsp; the Department of Commerce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2020\/09\/commerce-department-prohibits-wechat-and-tiktok-transactions-protect\">announced<\/a> that within 48 hours, Tik Tok would be pulled from&nbsp; U.S versions of both android and iPhone app stores. The prohibition of TikTok came as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/featured\/2020\/08\/11\/tiktok-facing-possible-ban\/\">executive orders issued by President Trump<\/a> on Aug. 6.&nbsp; The Department of Commerce also issued a deadline of November 12 for ByteDance to sell its U.S servers and information to a U.S-based company or actions would be taken to prevent the app from being usable in the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a day later, however, Tik Tok&#8217;s deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/index.html\">Oracle<\/a>, and in a shocking turn of events, Wal-Mart, was approved by Trump and his administration, placing a halt on the ban and saving the app. According to Brian Fung of CNN, the ban has been delayed by one week, allowing the companies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/19\/tech\/donald-trump-tiktok-deal-approval\/index.html\">to work out the logistics of the deal<\/a>. &#8220;If they get it done, that&#8217;s great. If they don&#8217;t, that&#8217;s okay too,&#8221; Trump said after revealing he had given his blessing on the deal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"30068\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2020\/09\/23\/tiktok-saved-at-last-minute\/attachment\/donald_trump_29496131773\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1475592744&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Donald_Trump_29496131773\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Donald_Trump_29496131773-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(Source: Gage Skidmore\/ Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company\u2019s spokesman, ByteDance will still be a majority owner, thus contradicting previous statements that Oracle and Wal-Mart would have the majority of ownership. The company will be based in Texas, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/news\/announcement\/oracle-chosen-as-tiktok-secure-cloud-provider-091920.html\">TikTok&#8217;s data storage will move to the Oracle Cloud<\/a>. The deal, however, does not meet Trump&#8217;s original specifications for TikTok. With only a partial sale, ByteDance will still own 80 percent of the company, and despite the U.S data moving to U.S-based servers, China will still be involved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It remains to be seen what will actually happen, but for now, Tik Tok lives on for a while longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"30066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2020\/09\/23\/tiktok-saved-at-last-minute\/attachment\/cottonbro-pexels\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cottonbro Pexels\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;(Source: Cottonbro\/Pexels)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cottonbro-Pexels-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(Source: Cottonbro\/Pexels)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeri Hensley <br><strong>Creative Director<\/strong> <strong>and<\/strong> <strong>Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump&#8217;s ban on Tik Tok, an app owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance, has been saved from its U.S-based demise at the last minute. On Friday, Sept. 18,&nbsp; the Department of Commerce announced that within 48 hours, Tik Tok would be pulled from&nbsp; U.S versions of both android and iPhone app stores. 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