This file illustration photo taken on May 27, 2020 This illustration picture shows the logo of the social network application Tik Tok on the screen of a phone.WASHINGTON- Microsoft announced on Sunday it would continue talks to acquire the US operations of popular video-sharing app TikTok, after meeting with President Donald Trump who seemingly backed off his earlier threats to ban the Chinese-owned platform.
The statement came after Trump on Friday said he would ban the app, which is especially popular with young audiences who create and watch its short-form videos and has an estimated one billion users worldwide.
Trump said he would use an executive order to ban TikTok, or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a law granting the president powers to regulate international trade in the face of an"unusual and extraordinary threat" from abroad to US foreign policy, national security or the economy.
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