The future of TikTok is mired in uncertainty in the United States after the House of Representatives passed a bill last week which could ultimately lead to the wildly popular video app being banned.| CNN
To understand what's happening with TikTok means understanding that there’s not a clear line between the state and society in China.| Detroit Free Press
The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.| NPR
With a US Senate debate on TikTok and its national security implications on the horizon, some media have asked what signs there are that the app's parent company, ByteDance, is under the thumb of China's leadership. An abject politically-laden apology six years ago by the company's CEO cuts right through the questions.| China Media Project
Internet control authorities in China routinely portray "online rumors" as a threat to public well-being. But the real concern, which has nothing to do with factualness or accuracy, is that they might be harmful to the Party's well-being — a fact that inflates the value of rumors, including truly false information.| China Media Project