U.S. Senate votes to ban TikTok app on government devices

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The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a bill from Senator Josh Hawley banning federal employees from using video-sharing app TikTok on government-issued devices, amid threats from the White House to ban the company.

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Sources have previously told Reuters that ByteDance executives value all of TikTok at more than $50 billion. “I’m encouraged by the bipartisan support we have seen in this body to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable and that includes ... holding accountable those corporations who would just do China’s bidding,” Senator Hawley said in a statement.Last month, the House of Representatives voted to bar federal employees from downloading the app on government-issued devices as part of a proposal offered by Representative Ken Buck.

A TikTok spokeswoman said its growing U.S. team has no higher priority than promoting a safe app experience that protects users’ privacy.

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When things go wrong trump and his republican cronies look for things to blame do distract people from their fiasco handling of everything from the pandemic to civil unrest, from world relation to local environment. They are destroying America. God have mercy on us.

Can they do What’s App on government phones next? Looking at you entire Trump administration

Why would 'government devices' EVER NEED Tik Tok? Failed POTUS feelings hurt!! Hey senatemajldr and SenateGOP why not do your jobs and band something like 'WhatsApp' on government devices bc it may actually jeopardize nationally security.' DoYourJob VoteThemAway

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The only ones suffering are those that spent a lot of time and effort creating their own platform, now they have to suffer for a company that spied on them

Devices made in.......CHINA

Of course they do how they plan to monitor it

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It might be for the sake of national security but the realDonaldTrump is making things poltical.

Priority.

Lmfao

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