Countdown to TikTok crackdown: Popular app risks U.S. ban in 9 months

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TikTok now risks becoming a high-profile casualty of the cold-war sequel developing between China and the United States. It's one of the world's most popular social media platforms, wildly popular with younger people. And, within a year, it could be banned in the U.S. At issue is a provision tacked into a sprawling piece of legislation now poised to become law, when President Joe Biden signs it Wednesday. The bill offer the app's Chinese-based parent company two choices: Sell the app or see it shut down, sometime between next January and April, in its biggest national market. This sets up...