The agreement aims to resolve a yearslong standoff between the popular social media platform and the U.S. government over national security concerns tied to China’s parent company, ByteDance.
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White House reviewing TikTok proposal to lease algorithm from China
President Trump and top officials are considering a deal that would create a new U.S. entity and lease TikTok’s algorithm to get around China export regulations.
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Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment
The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.
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This senator tells NPR why he’s leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next
The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don’t sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.
