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• Could TikTok could fetch a $100 billion price tag? ByteDance would have to sell to find out.
• The “divest or ban” TikTok bill has passed. Now the legal battle begins.

  Now that Congress has passed the "divest or ban" TikTok bill and President Biden has signed it, a legal fight will commence.

  
• 17 creators sign open letter asking President Biden to reconsider the TikTok ban

  TikTokers are writing letters to President Biden urging him not to ban TikTok, but a recent report underscores the app's ties to China.

  
• Congress has a new plan to regulate TikTok: It wants ByteDance to divest its popular video app

  A bipartisan proposal introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would force ByteDance to divest TikTok.

  
• TikTok is reorganizing to put its trust and safety team in the hands of senior leadership
• TikTok parent ByteDance is launching an AI development platform
• The Chinese version of TikTok is letting some creators with at least 100,000 followers put up paywalls
• ByteDance is expanding TikTok’s footprint in the U.S. — but the Senate has some questions
• The “TikTok Social” team is growing. Is the short-form app sending a message?
• Lemon8 is the latest buzzy app from ByteDance. Are U.S. users losing interest?
• TikTok admits to storing data of U.S. Creator Fund recipients on Chinese servers
• Can the U.S. government regulate TikTok without banning it? The Senate is giving it a try.