Wendy Lee

LA Times

Digital media and technology reporter for the LA Times.

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The video app TikTok has been downloaded nearly 2.5 billion times around the world. In the U.S. alone, it has been downloaded more than 100 million times.

Trump bans TikTok and WeChat. What does this mean for employees and users?

The video app TikTok has been downloaded nearly 2.5 billion times around the world. In the U.S. alone, it has been downloaded more than 100 million times.

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President Trump threatened to ban TikTok last week over privacy and security concerns. He now says TikTok’s Chinese parent company has until September 15 to sell it to the U.S.

If TikTok shuts down, what might happen to the industry of teen influencers in LA?

President Trump threatened to ban TikTok last week over privacy and security concerns. He now says TikTok’s Chinese parent company has until September 15 to sell it to the U.S.

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