Daily Memo: TikTok and the Tech War

Washington is expected to ban the social media platform over national security concerns.

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TikTok and the tech war. The White House is expected to ban the popular social media platform TikTok in the coming days on grounds that personal data gleaned by the app’s Chinese parent company, a private behemoth called ByteDance, poses a national security risk. Microsoft said its CEO is in talks with the White House […]

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