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President Biden signs law to ban TikTok nationwide unless it is sold

NPR · Bobby Allyn · last updated
President Biden on Tuesday signed a law that would ban Chinese-owned TikTok unless it is sold within a year. It is the most serious threat yet to the video-streaming app’s future in the U.S., intensifying America’s tech war with China.
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The U.S. Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed into law a measure banning TikTok if it weren’t sold by its Chinese ownership. But now-President Donald Trump gave the service a reprieve, and a sale of its U.S. operations appears imminent.

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