The US TikTok Sale Might Actually Happen - DTNSB 5054
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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TikTok makes preparations for a US-only app, and Windows 11 is officially the most popular version of Windows now.
Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.
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| 0:47.3 | follow up on context and try to help each other understand. Today, TikTok will be making a |
| 0:52.5 | U.S. specific version of its app ahead of a cell of its |
| 0:55.5 | US operations intriguing I'm Tom Merritt and I'm Rob Dunwood let's start with what |
| 1:00.3 | you need to know with that big story so this isn't official its sources |
| 1:06.3 | talking to the information from within TikTok saying the TikTok is developing a new version |
| 1:13.2 | of its app internally called M2 specifically for the US market. That app is meant to prepare |
| 1:20.6 | users for the effects of a potential sale of TikTok's US operations as mandated by US law. Now the information says the rough plan right now, |
| 1:30.4 | which could change, but the idea right now is get that app launched September 5th and then |
| 1:36.7 | try to get all US users to download and start using that new app and then end support in the US for the old app in March |
| 1:46.6 | 2026 so in September the old app would disappear from the US store and be replaced by |
| 1:52.4 | the new app there'd be a big bunch of pop-ups telling you like you're in the US you need to |
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