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TikTok ban update: Court case against U.S. government set to begin


Will TikTok stay?

A federal appeals court will hear arguments about the law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, that would essentially ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, doesn't sell the platform. TikTok, meanwhile, has argued that it doesn't have precise info on users, and U.S. data is stored in the U.S. The court case centers on whether a potential threat from a foreign nation negates some 170 million U.S. citizens' right to use a platform of expression.

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