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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday March 14th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today the murky future of Tik-Toc in the US. Plus a Georgia judge

dismisses several charges in the Trump election racketeering case and we take a

look at how some school districts are helping

teachers with housing.

The House has approved a bill targeting Tik-Toc, putting the future of the popular app in the United States up in the air.

I caught up with USA Today Congress and Campaign's reporter Riley Beggin for the latest.

Riley, thanks for helping on the excerpt today.

Of course.

So the House approved this Tik-Toc bill yesterday.

What would it functionally do, Riley?

And why do proponents say it's necessary?

It's been described often as a ban, but that's not exactly what it would do.

It would essentially force the parent company of Tik-Toc, which is called Bight Dance,

to sell the app within around six months and if they do not do that it would be banned in the United States and essentially it would be the platform prevented from being shared on the app stores and stuff like that.

And the argument for it, Bight Dance is a Beijing-based company.

It's a Chinese company.

So Tik-Toc has an American subsidiary, but lawmakers that have concerns

about this are worried about the Chinese government's potential influence over Americans data here.

Some people are worried about propaganda going through the app

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