The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold, or risk a nationwide ban

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The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold away from Beijing-based ByteDance, rejecting the company’s plan before U.S. national security officials. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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The Biden administration is demanding that Chinese-owned TikTok be sold, or the popular video app could face a ban in the U.S., according to a TikTok spokesperson.

Whether federal officials have given TikTok a deadline to find a buyer remains unclear. Regardless, it is a major escalation by White House officials who have grown increasingly

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