The future of TikTok in the United States is difficult to answer. There have been a lot of hearings where congressmen are very upset with tech bosses and all the various offenses they're charged with. Unless we see something happen soon, we're likely to not see it happen at all, says CNN's Alexandra Altschuler.
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