US Senate approves bill to ban TikTok on government devices

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Members of the US Senate have unanimously voted to approve the bill, which will ban the TikTok app on all government-owned phones and other devices.Just last month, FBI Director Chris Wray warned lawmakers that the Chinese government could use TikTok to launch "influence operations" or to "technically compromise" millions of devices.While the bill aims to prohibit the installation of TikTok on government devices, it carves out exceptions for "law enforcement activities, national security interests and activities, and security researchers," according to Bloomberg.Meanwhile, TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter told Bloomberg that Hawley "has moved forward with... a proposal which does nothing to advance US national security interests."Unlike Hawley's bill, theirs also targets all social media companies in or influenced by China, Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela."

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