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

By Nandita Bose

Mar 13 2020 6:32AM

Amid national security concerns around collection and sharing of data on US users.

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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