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TikTok’s last stand: Supreme Court weighs ban as deadline looms

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It’s the government’s turn in the hot seat.

US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar says in her opening statement that TikTok could be used to build profiles on Americans and be used for “harassment, recruitment, and espionage.” It’s not just collecting info on the 170 million Americans on the platform, she says, but also their contacts that users have granted access to.

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