A TikTok Ban Hangs in the Balance Once Again

Published: Jan. 24, 2023, 7:02 p.m.

b'There are growing efforts to ban the popular social media app TikTok by some U.S. lawmakers.

Negotiations with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on how to keep TikTok in the U.S. are ongoing; but some legislators are still trying to ban Tik Tok\'s parent company ByteDance from doing business in the country entirely.

How is this different from former President Donald Trump\'s efforts in 2020? Is there a way to keep TikTok in the U.S. while addressing national security concerns?

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