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THE WASHINGTON POST: Donald Trump takes geopolitical cudgel to TikTok
Banning video-sharing app to punish China rather than assessing its role is the wrong approach
President Donald Trump has a (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/07/tiktok-ban-china-usa-pompeo/?itid=lk_inline_manual_1)plan (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/10/tiktok-ban-amazon/?itid=lk_inline_manual_1) that is sure to make plenty of teenagers unhappy: ban the video-sharing app TikTok to punish (https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-considering-banning-tiktok-2020-7) China for its handling of the corona (https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/28/what-you-need-know-about-coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_1) crisis.
Beijing-based company ByteDance purchased what is now TikTok three years ago, and the platform has since surged in popularity. More than 175-million (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-banning-chinese-social-media-app-tiktok-security/story?id=71647269) people in the US have downloaded it; Generation Z in particular has adopted it as a go-to. Axing the app would deprive Americans of a favourite outlet for free expression...
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