Today is Friday, March 24. We'll tell you what lawmakers had to say about banning TikTok,

and what a court has now decided about the parents of a school shooter and whether they too

could be held legally liable. Also, what to know about some significant changes in autism

rates in America. Plus, what one major sports federation decided about transgender athletes,

which big tech company plans to spend a billion dollars a year on movies? And can you guess the world's

most popular artist? The Guinness World Record says one person has earned the title.

Those stories and more news to know in today's episode.

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Democrats and Republicans actually came together this week to go up against a powerful

social media company that millions of Americans have embraced TikTok. Lawmakers on a House

Committee grilled the app CEO, showed two, for nearly six hours yesterday. And throughout

the tense hearing, many of them came out in support of a full ban of TikTok in the United States.

They think TikTok is a national security threat since its owned by Chinese company by dance.

Two, tried to convince them TikTok and its parent company are not beholden to the Chinese government.

And he spoke about plans to store American data on servers owned by an American company.

But lawmakers said that does not go far enough. They want bite dance to sell its stake in TikTok

entirely. Lawmakers also challenged two on issues like privacy and the impact on children's

mental health. In response, two pointed to moderators who track harmful content and an algorithm

that flags content. But in the end, lawmakers made it clear a ban is still on the table.

If it happens, lawmakers could be risking backlash from TikTok's user base and civil liberties

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