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TikTok fights ban in court as Harris and Trump campaigns embrace the app

Even as both the Harris and Trump presidential campaigns have leaned heavily into TikTok to reach younger voters, the weeks are ticking down before the wildly popular app is banned in the US under a new law that has drawn bipartisan backing. TikTok is set to present its case to a DC appeals court on Monday morning for why the company believes the looming ban is illegal.

The fate of the wildly popular TikTok app hangs in the balance as the company tries to persuade a Washington appeals court on Monday to halt a fast-approaching ban on the platform’s use across America. The political backdrop is striking: Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are both seizing on the viral short-video platform to vie for young voters, even though both the Trump and Biden administrations backed banning it. A new law seeks to force TikTok to divest from Chinese ownership, with a ban coming into place Jan.

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