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The conversation swiftly shifts to significant breaking news— a federal panel of judges has upheld a new law signed by President Biden banning the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok in the United States. This law compels TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform to a non-Chinese company by February 19 of the following year or risk being shut down for U.S. users.
This is described as a "complex, high-stakes policy" that necessitates the expertise of skilled diplomats. Ambassador Nicholas Burns, with extensive experience in the State Department and NATO, is mentioned as a key diplomatic figure related to this situation.