Small Businesses Say US TikTok Ban Would Hurt Them — VOA Learning English
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As the date nears for a possible U.S. ban on the video sharing service TikTok, some small companies are saying such a ban would hurt their business.
The U.S. Justice Department has ordered TikTok’s China-based parent, ByteDance, to sell the social media app by January 19 or face the ban. Lawyers for ByteDance and TikTok have sought legal action to temporarily block the Justice Department’s order.
The Supreme Court is expected to consider the matter in January. President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office January 20, has asked the Supreme Court to delay a ban to permit solving the problem through “political means.”
U.S. officials have long warned that TikTok presents national security…
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