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918 The TikTok ban’s architects are in the dark

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 11/17/2025 11:10 EDT

The TikTok ban’s architects are in the dark

Less than two years ago, TikTok was a crisis situation on Capitol Hill. The chair of the House Select Committee on China called it "digital fentanyl" that brainwashes young Americans into supporting Hamas. A former national security adviser said letting TikTok remain in the US under its Chinese owner "would be akin to allowing Soviet […]

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