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Will TikTok’s big gamble pay off?
It went from pariah to hot property as politicians backpedal amid the looming ban, and America’s biggest firms eyeball a deal
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American tennis start Coco Gauff writing "RIP TikTok USA" on a screen at the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Jan 19.
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WASHINGTON - TikTok opted to go dark rather than sell itself to an American buyer, while the powerful US establishment made an astonishing about-turn on the app it had tried its best to bend to its will.
Outgoing President Joe Biden is leaving office without moving a finger to enforce a ban on TikTok over national security grounds,
