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How TikTok became the world’s most controversial app

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Video-sharing app TikTok has already disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of the law taking effect on Saturday .

The law requires ByteDance to sell the app to a US owner due to national security concerns.

President Donald Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve from the ban after he took office in January .

India issued a complete ban of the app in 2010 , cutting off around 200 million users.

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