Legal experts say the TikTok divest-or-ban bill could stand up in court despite being a free-speech disaster

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in Washington, DC on Tuesday February 14, 2023.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew.

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Gen Z would rather take a chance on a new app than use 'embarrassing' Instagram if TikTok gets banned

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If TikTok is banned in the US, young people will need somewhere else to go.

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TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out

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Shou Chew spoke directly to TIkTok users in a Wednesday clip.

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Is the US really closer to banning TikTok? Yes. And, also: No.

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TikTok is one step closer to being banned after the US Senate passed a bill that contains a measure to force its owners to sell. President Joe Biden signed the bill.

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These 18 senators voted against Ukraine and Israel aid

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Republican Sen. JD Vance and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sens. JD Vance and Bernie Sanders both voted against the foreign aid bill, but for very different reasons.

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Senate passes bill that could ban TikTok in the US

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A photo illustration of a phone displaying a TikTok logo behind barbed wire.

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TikTok influencers fear their careers will be destroyed and their work 'deleted forever' as a US ban looms

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There are 170 million Americans on TikTok, and they're stressed about a potential ban.

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A TikTok ban would be a win for Mark Zuckerberg

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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg cheers at a UFC fight. He's likely watching any possible TikTok ban or sale very closely.

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Here's who could buy TikTok if parent company ByteDance has to sell its stake

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With over a billion users worldwide, TikTok is Bytedance's most popular product.

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A former TikTok employee says he had a boss he never met, which concealed the platform's close ties to China

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TikTok is owned by ByteDance.

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