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> Commerce officials said they will not bar additional technical transactions for TikTok until Nov. 12, which gives the company additional time to see if ByteDance can reach a deal for its U.S. operations. "The basic TikTok will stay intact until Nov. 12," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Fox Business Network.

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> "The basic TikTok will stay intact until Nov. 12,"

Seriously, what does that even mean?

The people who have the apps installed now can keep using it and it can still talk to their servers. But no new features, no app updates, no new apps, probably can’t negotiate a new data center contract or form a new partnership. But the basic app still works.

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