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How Can The Government Ban TikTok?

How Can The Government Ban TikTok?

Update: 2024-03-18
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TikTok - an app with around 170 Million American users - is under intense scrutiny by the U.S. government, including a bill passed by the House of Representatives which issues a threat: "sell or be banned." But how and why can the government do that? 

What does this kind of business restriction look like? We talked to Steven Balla of George Washington University to get the low down on regulations and bans in the United States. TLDR: 

This episode goes beyond the current legislation, but it's updated from an earlier version which dropped in April, 2023.


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How Can The Government Ban TikTok?

How Can The Government Ban TikTok?

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