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A US-TikTok ban looms, and more tech news today
August 14, 2025
1. The end of the TikTok outside of China?
TikTok is in the firing line, along with other Chinese social media apps, according to the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.
In a TV cable news interview, Pompeo responded to remarks questioning if the US would ban TikTok, following TikTok being banned in India, and fresh discourse in Australian politics about similarly banning the social media app for its data collection.
Here’s the transcript of Pompeo’s response to the question of a US ban:
TikTok’s response:
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