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    TikTok Ban Averted: Trump Gives Oracle-Walmart Deal His 'Blessing'

    U.S. tech company Oracle is joining hands with Walmart to become a technology partner with TikTok and arrangement that satisfies the White House's concerns over the security.
    by Bobby Allyn Sep 20, 2020 3 minutes
    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in July.

    Updated 12:55 p.m. ET

    President Trump has given tentative approval to a deal that will keep TikTok alive in the U.S., resolving a months-long confrontation between a hit app popularized by lip-syncing teens and White House officials who viewed the service as a national security risk.

    TikTok downloads were set to be banned in the U.S. starting on midnight Sunday, but that has now been averted.

    "I have given the deal my blessing," Trump said. "I approve the deal in concept."

    As part of the deal rescuing TikTok, U.S. tech company Oracle is joining

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