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US broadens action against Chinese tech companies

TikTok could be sold to Microsoft whilst other Chinese tech companies may face US ban over national security fears

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of popular social media site TikTok, is scrambling to divest itself of its American operations after President Trump called for the company to be banned over security concerns. Microsoft is the likely buyer but other Chinese companies are now in the firing line. Bloomberg's Sarah Frier has the latest. Kenyan victims of violence at a Unilever tea plantation complain to the United Nations about human rights failings, we talk to lawyer Dan Leader about why this is the last resort. We get the latest on the coronavirus lockdown in Australia and hear why working from home doesn't suit everyone.
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