'Nonsensical' to single out one single app, expert says, as TikTok ban looms

TikTok plans to shut US 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 it is “nonsensical” for the US to single out one single social media app.