Apple keeps TikTok on its store after assurances from AG Bondi


The latest extension came two days after US officials were close to securing a deal to create a US version of TikTok that would be majority owned by US investors. — AFP

Apple Inc, following assurances from the Trump administration, is keeping TikTok and other apps from ByteDance Ltd on its US App Store for at least another 75 days. 

The iPhone maker on April 5 received a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi telling the company it should follow President Donald Trump’s executive order that will extend the pause on a TikTok ban in the US, according to people with knowledge of the matter. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment. 

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