President Trump tried to ban TikTok during his first term, but now he’s being hailed as the app’s savior. WSJ’s Georgia Wells explains the saga to make a deal with the Chinese-owned social media app.
Further Reading:
-TikTok Restoring Service for U.S. Users, After Trump Signals He Will Save It
-What Happens Now That TikTok’s Gone Dark?
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The story of TikTok in the U.S. is one that's had many chapters, to say the least.
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On this week’s Marketplace “Tech Bytes,” we’ll dive into President Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence plus a request Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made to President-elect Donald Trump. But first, tech news site The Information reported that TikTok plans to complete ... Show More
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