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TikTok Expanding to Everything

TikTok Expanding to Everything
A 3D printed Tik Tok logo is seen in front of U.S. flag in this illustration taken on Oct. 6, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Anders Corr
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TikTok is on a rampage, expanding into music, online purchases, search engines, fulfillment centers, and warehouses to rival not only Instagram, Facebook, and Google, but eventually Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon. TikTok, and the Chinese regime that controls it, would like to be America’s “everything app,” an idea that Elon Musk is thinking about, too.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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