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Click Here: The TikTok Ban, China, And National Security

Click Here: The TikTok Ban, China, And National Security

1A · NPR

March 24, 202539m 15s

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Show Notes

The story of TikTok in the U.S. is one that's had many chapters, to say the least.

First, then-President Donald Trump called for its ban in 2020. Then, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan law in 2024 requiring the company in charge of the video-sharing platform to sell the app or face a ban. Then, the app went dark this January after failing to sell, only to come back hours later, thanking newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump for his support in keeping the app operational. The president extended the deadline for the sale until April.

Why is the government so uncomfortable with TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance? What's going to happen in April when the same deadline to sell arises once again?

We discuss what the future holds for TikTok with our friends at the Click Here podcast.

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