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The Whole TikTok Saga Shows Just How Clueless Everyone Is

Slate · Nitish Pahwa · last updated

It is 2020. The United States government threatens to forbid access to TikTok within national borders unless the Chinese-owned app sells its America-based operations to an American company. The push loses steam, and a new president shrugs it off.

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