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TikTok, a popular social media platform, was banned in the US on Saturday by the federal government following concerns over national security risks and data privacy. The ban affects around 170 million US users and was a result of a law passed by the US Senate in April 2023, giving TikTok’s parent company ByteDance until January 2025 to sell the platform's US operations or face a full-fledged ban.

Courtesy: theprint.in