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What's the precedent if the US government were to order Tic- Talk to sell or else?

I'm Dave Brancaccio in New York, some pushback on social media and beyond after the House of Representatives

yesterday voted to curb the short video app Tik-Toc owned by China-based bite dance, this

amid worries about privacy of user data and national security,

including the chance China's government could reach into the app to manipulate content

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