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US action on TikTok will change social media and the Internet as we know it
The TikTok case represents a watershed on two distinct levels – as a symbol of US-China decoupling and with implications for the global datasphere
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For 150 million American TikTok users, a ban is seen as patently unfair and, probably, unconstitutional.
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Alex Capri
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As the dust settles from TikTok’s Congressional hearing
This was a predictable outcome. It became apparent early in the five-hour public grilling of TikTok’s chief executive officer, Mr Chew Shou Zi, who withstood a barrage of questions and accusations from both Republicans and Democrats.
