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TikTok ban extension: What we know and what could happen in 270 days

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    12% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : After Trump met with TikTok CEO Shou Chew last month at Mar-a-Lago, he told reporters he has a "warm spot" in his heart for TikTok, crediting the app with helping him among young voters in November's presidential election.
56% : "President-elect Donald Trump told the Supreme Court in a brief filed last month: "President Trump alone possesses the consummate deal-making expertise, the electoral mandate and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns expressed by the government -- concerns which President Trump himself has acknowledged."
52% : What Is The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act?The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act is the legislation that was signed into law by Biden in April 2024.
34% : "Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon, said in a press release: "The rushed divestment of Tiktok is a huge giveaway to Donald Trump and his cronies, who are poised to scoop up a massive social media company and turn it into another partisan mouthpiece.

*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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