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Americans are saying toodaloo to video sharing platform TikTok, but just how for real is the ban?
The app can no longer be downloaded and users in the US found they've lost the ability to scroll and upload anything even though the company didn't have to do that.
But there's light at the end of the TikTok tunnel, with President Elect Donald Trump promising to do what he can to save it, even though he was the one who started the ban in the first place.
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With thanks to: Anders Sorman-Nilsson, Futurist
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