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Just 24 hours before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration day, TikTok came back online after going dark amid a US ban over data security fears.

To discuss Big Tech’s influence and direction of policy for Trump’s White House 2.0, Tech & Science Daily is joined by Dr Thomas Gift, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre on US Politics, and The London Standard’s science and technology editor Will Hosie.

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