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Why are U.S. lawmakers dead set on banning TikTok?

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on March 18, 2024 by Natalia Marques (more by Peoples Dispatch) | (Posted Mar 20, 2024)

Past efforts to ban the enormously popular app in the United States have failed. Recent success could be linked to the popularity of the Palestine solidarity movement.
House votes against TikTok—and for more Cold War

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on March 14, 2024 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) |

A bipartisan effort to effectively ban the social media network TikTok in the United States has taken a great leap forward.
Leaked documents reveal what TikTok shares with authorities – In the U.S.

Originally published: The Intercept on August 10, 2020 by Mara Hvistendahl (more by The Intercept) | (Posted Aug 12, 2020)

A glimpse at what the social media platform does in the U.S. underscores that data privacy issues extend beyond China.