The Complexities of TikTok's China Ties and US Ban
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The issue of banning TikTok in the US is gaining momentum, with national-security officials and lawmakers from both parties seeing the app as a danger. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before Congress to try to reassure lawmakers that Americans' data wasn't being transferred to the Chinese government and that the company took security and privacy seriously. However, any effort to ban TikTok, which has 150 million American users, would face legal and practical challenges.
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- TikTok is targeted in the US for being Chinese, not for its deeds South China Morning Post
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