In October 2019, then-Senator Marco Rubio sent a letter to the Treasury Department that began a five-and-a-half year battle between the American government and TikTok. Two presidents and three administrations later, TikTok and its Chinese owner, ByteDance, face a crunch moment.
An excerpt from a letter sent by then-Senator Rubio to then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on TikTok and "Chinese influence operations", October 9, 2019.
TikTok could be closed down in the U.S. if it does
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