A major high-level White House meeting Wednesday could decide the fate of the social media app TikTok, according to news reports.
Last year, Congress passed a bill, which former President Joe Biden signed, requiring Byte Dance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to divest itself of the app, or the app would be banned. President Donald Trump gave Byte Dance a 75-day extension on its January deadline, making Saturday the date for either a sale or a ban.
The concern with TikTok is that the Chinese government could have access to private information about users, because Chinese businesses have to give their government anything it wants.
Trump will meet with Vice President J.D. Vance, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and
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