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U.S. Bans TikTok Downloads Starting Sunday, Sets Nov. 12 For Shutdown Pending Deal

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Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorThe U.S. Commerce Department Friday banned new downloads of the TikTok app starting Sunday and set a Nov.

12 date to effectively shutter its operations here as the video sharing service negotiates to sell itself to Stateside investors, including Oracle and Walmart.TikTok will be allowed to function until Nov.

12 but will be banned from U.S. app stores.A statement by Commerce Department chief Wilbur Ross early Monday prohibited “any provision of service to distribute or maintain the WeChat or TikTok mobile applications, constituent code, or application updates through an online mobile application store in the U.S.” TikTok is owned by China’s giant ByteDance.

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