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Sep 2024
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What Next TBD | TikTok Goes to Court

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The law has been passed and signed by the president: TikTok’s parent company must sell or divest from the app. But that’s not happening without a legal fight.  


Guest: Emily Baker-White, investigative reporter at Forbes.


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