The U.S. May Ban TikTok. How China Could Retaliate.


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Text size About the author: Adam Segal is the Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technology and National Security and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. With TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew set to testify to Congress this week, much remains uncertain about the social media app’s future. TikTok has tried to assuage policy makers’ security concerns through “Project Texas,” a plan to store Americans’ data locally and to allow third-party inspections of the recommendation algorithm. The Biden administration appears unconvinced the plan is adequate and is demanding that ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese...