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Mar 2023
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🔥 “Too Lit to Prohibit” — TikTok’s judg...

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TikTok’s CEO just tried to convince Congress that it’s all good, but our elected representatives seemed to disagree — so the question remains: Is TikTok too lit to prohibit? PetCo’s stock just fell to its lowest level ever because we may have hit Peak Puppy. And Block shares plummeted 20% after its Cash App got challenged to a rap battle. Play the weekly TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.com/Can you go 5 out of 5 on this week’s pop-biz news stories?$WOOF $CHWY $SQ $SNAPLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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