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The Danger of TikTok

The Danger of TikTok
The TikTok logo is displayed outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, Calif., on March 16, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Christopher Balding
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation recently requiring TikTok to either be owned primarily by a U.S. corporation or be blocked in the United States. The legislation will now be taken up by the U.S. Senate, where it faces a decidedly murkier path despite support from President Joe Biden.

Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding
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Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.
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