US senators seek to ban federal employees from using TikTok on their phones

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US senators seek to ban federal employees from using TikTok on their phones
Two Republican senators on Thursday introduced a bill aimed at banning federal employees from using Chinese social media app TikTok on their government-issued phones, amid growing national security concerns around the collection and sharing of data on US users with China's government. The bill ...

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