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TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app, is on the verge of getting banned in the U.S., calling its future viability into question.

In April 2024, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law, passed with bipartisan support in Congress, forcing the the Chinese company that owns the app, ByteDance, to sell it by Jan. 19.

ByteDance is challenging…