Will Trump Ban TikTok?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

Will Trump van TikTok? I hope not! And when you look on national security grounds alone, it’s hard to make the case that he should. But if you think about crass political calculations, maybe he will. After all:
1) being tough on China is the rare issue where he polls better than Biden
2) TikTok users get some of the blame for the debacle of his rally in Tulsa
3) Banning TikTok would be a huge boost to Facebook and their TikTok competitor within Instagram. And Facebook has been the platform kindest to Trump.

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