How TikTok Lost the War in Washington

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Demonstrators hold signs in support of TikTok as they protest Tuesday near the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Photo: VCG

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By Georgia Wells and Kristina Peterson

(The Wall Street Journal) — TikTok spent the past four years trying to fend off a U.S. ban, but it never figured out Washington.

The law signed by President Biden on Wednesday requiring a sale or ban of the popular app was in part the product of tectonic shifts in U.S.-China relations and coordinated, stealthy efforts by its critics on Capitol Hill.

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