RFE
20 Jan 2025, 06:15 GMT+10
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, went offline in the United States shortly before a federal ban took effect on January 19.
What happens next will have major repercussions for the global technology competition between China and the United States and could set the tone for incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's relationship with Beijing.
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