The app is expected to operate on a separate algorithm and data system and users outside the US would not find this version in their app store, sources said.

ByteDance is said to be building a new, US-only version of the TikTok app that it will release on September 5. According to The Information, the company is moving ahead with this plan to comply with legislation requiring it to sell its TikTok business in the US or face a nationwide ban.

TikTok races to launch a U.S.-based version of its platform by September 5 in a bid to avoid a federal ban and navigate mounting legal and political pressure over its ties to China