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Letter: There's more to the TikTok story than its sudden rise

Published 1 April 2020

From Jerome Murphy, Pacific Grove, California, US

Chris Stokel-Walker asks why the video-sharing platform TikTok has risen so quickly (14 March, p 31). This is an interesting question, but so, too, are the concerns in the US that the app threatens national security (14 December 2019, p 14).

Issue no. 3276 published 4 April 2020

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