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    Questions swirl over the future of TikTok. Who could own it? How will the platform operate?

    TikTok on Wednesday faced a formidable threat to its business, with a new law signed by President Biden that could dramatically change the way the popular video app operates. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has faced scrutiny from U.S. government officials over how it handles the data of its U.S. users and its ties to China. The new law would require ByteDance, a tech ...
    by Wendy Lee and Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times Apr 24, 2024 4 minutes
    Close-up view of the TikTok logo, app icon, logo displayed on a modern smartphone.

    TikTok on Wednesday faced a formidable threat to its business, with a new law signed by President Biden that could dramatically change the way the popular video app operates.

    TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has faced scrutiny from U.S. government officials over how it handles the data of its U.S. users and its ties to China. The new law would require ByteDance, a tech company founded in China in 2012, to sell TikTok or the app will be banned in the U.S.

    In a statement, TikTok said it has invested billions of dollars to keep the data of its U.S. users and a ban would “devastate seven million business and silence 170

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