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2024-12-26 00:04:25 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 48DEB60D29A0C981D4BE746ACA431A337D44C9516E0F5EAFC41919EFBC502D11
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The US has been pursuing the idea of banning TikTok since 2020 during the Trump Asministration due to security concerns regarding TikTok and ByteDances allegiance to the Chinese government. It isn't related to the Israel-Hamas war which sparked 7th October 2023. https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/growing-popularity-chinese-social-media-outside-china-poses-new-risks https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/16/bytedance-cant-outrun-beijings-shadow/
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