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TikTok plans to shut U.S. operations of its social media app used by 170 million Americans on Sunday, when a federal ban is set to take effect, barring a last-minute reprieve, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Nadine Strossen, New York Law School Professor-Emerita and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. She says that it is ‘nonsensical’ for the US to single out one single social media app.