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Feb 2025
32m 13s

TikTok vs the U.S.A. | A Ticking Clock |...

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President Biden signs a law giving ByteDance until January 2025 to divest from TikTok or the app will be banned in the United States. TikTok decides to fight the law in court. Then the case goes all the way to the Supreme Court. But the company’s best hope to overturn the law lies in the outcome of the 2024 election — or so it thinks.Be the first to know abo ... Show More
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