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Should the US ban TikTok? Can it? A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it

  • Written by Doug Jacobson, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
imageIs a wildly popular social media app a threat to the U.S.?AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023, amid a chorus of calls from members of Congress for the federal government to ban the Chinese-owned video social media app and reports that the Biden administration is pu...

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