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What Happens When the Internet Gets Less American?
The popularity of Chinese-owned TikTok raises concerns about security and values.
Entertainment or cybersecurity threat?
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America is going to have to reckon with an internet that is becoming less American.
Some U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the partisan divide have said they are worried about TikTok, the app that lets users record and share short skits or dance routines to music. The app quickly became popular in the U.S. and some other countries, and that has generated anxiety about TikTok’s ownership by the Chinese internet company ByteDance Inc.