TikTok dragged into US election as Trump opposes ban


People work inside the TikTok Inc building in Culver City, California on Monday, March 11, 2024. House Republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States even as Trump is voicing opposition to the effort. — AP

WASHINGTON: In a major reversal, former US president Donald Trump on March 11 said he was against a ban of TikTok as the fate of the popular video-sharing app was dragged into the US election campaign.

Years of on-and-off attempts of banning the Chinese owned app have resurged in the United States with the introduction of a bill in Congress that could see the app forced to cut ties with its Chinese owner, Bytedance.

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