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TikTok's Chinese Ownership to Sell or Face a Possible Ban

TikTok set on Wednesday as the White House hardens its stance toward resolving national security concerns about the popular video service. The move is a significant shift in the Biden administration's position toward TikTok which has been under scrutiny over fears that Beijing could request Americans data from the app. In August 2020 Trump tried to ban TikTok and WeChat which is a form of chat that mostly Chinese citizens who live in the US or Chinese speaking people with family they're used to ban them via executive order telling them to sell or be banned in app app stores. A federal court said that the transactions burden substantially more speech than is necessary to serve the government's interest in national security in June 2021 the Biden

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