Tiktok is creating a new version of its application for users in the United States ahead of the planned sale of the social media platform to a group of investors, The information He reported Sunday, citing unidentified sources.
This occurs as said the president of the United States, Donald Trump, on Friday he will start talking with China on Monday or Tuesday about a possible Tiktok agreement. He said that the United States “practically” has an agreement on the sale of the Tiktok Short-Video application.
Tiktok has developed a plan to launch the new application in US Application Stores on September 5, according to the report.
Last month, Trump extended a deadline for China with headquarters to disintert the American assets of Tiktok to September 17.
The report added that Tiktok users will eventually have to download the new application to continue using the service, although the existing application will work until March next year, although the timeline could change.
Tiktok did not immediately respond to a Reuters Request for comments. Reuters He could not immediately confirm the report.
Earlier this year, he had been working on an agreement to avoid American Tiktok operations in a new company based in the United States, a majority property and operated by US investors. That was suspended after China indicated that it would not approve it following the Trump ads of steep tariffs on Chinese products.
Trump said the United States will probably have to obtain an agreement approved by China.
