The United States is set to ban TikTok over the weekend. Since exploding in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, TikTok’s role in internet culture and broader American culture has only grown. With it, so have concerns about data privacy and cultural subversion by the Chinese government, whom many fear may have access to American data through the app and intentionally undermine Americans through TikTok’s world-class algorithm and the content it delivers to users.
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