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2024-04-24 21:44:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 04E658F327477F298500303FD85F3678B4103AB9199117C4DE8636A178EC3945
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The reason ByteDance is being forced to divest TikTok or face its removal from US app stores is due to "concerns that Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over data on the 170 million Americans who use TikTok", not to suppress Palestinian activism. https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-divestment-ban-what-you-need-to-know-5e1ff786e89da10a1b799241ae025406 https://www.axios.com/2024/04/24/joe-biden-tik-tok-ban-bill
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