Axios - Some Biden administration officials want to force a sale of the Chinese-owned TikTok's U.S. operations "to ensure Beijing can't harness the app for espionage," The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription).
A New York Times Magazine cover story, calling TikTok "the world's biggest virality machine," says the company "is reported to be making progress on a deal with the Biden administration that would allow the app to retain its Chinese ownership, but keep its American user data on servers in the United States."
"Despite decades of trying," Alex W. Palmer adds, "no Chinese company has ever conquered American society like TikTok. It's difficult to imagine a Russian or Iranian company — or, increasingly, even another Chinese company — pulling off a similar feat."
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