The D.C. Circuit voted to uphold the ban, citing national security threats and the collection of data from TikTok users.

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    Meanwhile the federal government and America’s telecoms operate a data collection backdoor for China via its own wiretapping infrastructure

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      The worry with TikTok is around wiretapping, it’s around collecting micro targeting data, the using that data to target people with politically censored content streams and or propaganda.