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Should The U.S. Ban TikTok?

With one billion active users across more than 150 countries, TikTok is by many measures one of the world’s most successful video apps — and half of Americans use it. The House of Representatives has passed a bill that could ban the social media company in the U.S. if its parent company, Bytedance, does not divest from it and requires TikTok to be bought by a country that is not a U.S. adversary. Those supporting such a move often point to a ban on another Chinese tech giant, Huawei, as an effective means of limiting China’s influence and bring up concerns…

February 17, 2023
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February 17, 2023
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Should The U.S. Ban TikTok?

With one billion active users across more than 150 countries, TikTok is by many measures one of the world’s most successful video apps — and half of Americans use it. The House of Representatives has passed a bill that could ban the social media company in the U.S. if its parent company, Bytedance, does not divest from it and requires TikTok to be bought by a country that is not a U.S. adversary. Those supporting such a move often point to a ban on another Chinese tech giant, Huawei, as an effective means of limiting China’s influence and bring up concerns…

Kori Schake

ARGUING YES

Kori Schake
Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies for the American Enterprise Institute
Milton Mueller

ARGUING NO

Milton Mueller
Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy , Founder and Director of the Internet Governance Project

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