TikTok May Be the Only Thing Congress Can Agree On

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TikTok May Be the Only Thing Congress Can Agree On

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Mar 21, 2024

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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill with an ultimatum for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance: sell the app, or be banned in the US.
Today on The Big Take DC podcast, Bloomberg’s Dan Flatley and Alex Barinka cover the national security concerns behind this bill and the potential geopolitical and tech industry consequences.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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