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NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP

TikTok can breathe relief.

A little.

The Trump administration on Thursday announced it was delaying the implementation of an executive order that would have banned the app in the United States shortly after midnight Thursday.

Owned by the Chinese group ByteDance, TikTok was accused by the United States of spying for the benefit of Beijing.

In a statement, the Commerce Department wrote that the ban "will not take effect pending further legal developments."

He thus acts in accordance with a decision rendered on October 30 by a federal court in Pennsylvania Seized by three content creators from TikTok, Judge Wendy Beetlestone then ordered the US administration not to prevent other companies from providing essential platform services, such as online hosting.

The US Department of Justice, however, appealed this decision on Thursday.

Respond to safety concerns

"We are eager to come up with a solution that addresses their security concerns," TikTok said in a statement, released after the Commerce Department's announcement.

TikTok also filed on its own behalf last week to suspend the executive order with a Washington court.

Voted by teenagers, TikTok has 700 million users worldwide, including 100 million in the United States.

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