TikTok's U.S. Fate Uncertain

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How TikTok could avoid being banned in the U.S.

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App will be banned from U.S. stores, web-hosting services if it does not cut ties with Chinese parent company.

TikTok argues the appeals court's decision was "utterly antithetical to the First Amendment" Experts say TikTok has several pathways for avoiding a ban, most notably intervention from the Supreme Court .

Trump has several options once he takes office on Jan. 20 , the day after the law goes into effect.

He could ask Congress to repeal the ban, or ask the Justice Department not to enforce the law.

A provision in the law gives the president the power to determine whether an app is no longer controlled by a foreign adversary presents another potential workaround.

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