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TikTok is inching closer to a potential ban in the US. So what's next?

  • Bias Rating

    34% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    76% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -38% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Overall Sentiment

-23% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Craig Singleton, senior director of the China program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said enforcement discretion -- or executive orders -- can not override existing law, leaving Trump with "limited room for unilateral action.
43% : "There are other things Trump could potentially do.
35% : Some have speculated that Trump could ask his Justice Department to abstain from enforcing the law.
29% : After Trump takes office on Jan. 20th, it would fall on his Justice Department to enforce the law and punish any potential violators.
21% : The Trump transition team has not offered details on how Trump plans to carry out his pledge to "save TikTok."
15% : What about Trump?Another wild card is President-elect Donald Trump, who tried to ban TikTok during his first term but said during the recent presidential campaign that he is now against such action.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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