US lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban TikTok

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US lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban TikTok
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner ByteDance amid US fears the app could be used to spy on Americans and censor content. The legislation would block all transactions from ...

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