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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Can tiktok save itself and do we want it to - The Untold Story

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Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.

Are you on TikTok? Let me rephrase that. Are you on TikTok this minute? If TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's numbers are accurate, half of the US is using the platform every month. Even if you aren't on right now, it's a good bet you will be at some point today. That habit, however, is in danger as the US Government seriously considers an outright TikTok ban for arguably the most popular social media platform in the world.

In a rare show of unity, both the Biden Administration and a normally sharply-divided US Congress agree that TikTok should either be banned or its Chinese parent company should be forced to sell it.

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