The U.S. Senate passed legislation banning federal government employees from downloading TikTok on government-owned devices, The Wall Street Journal reports. A spokesperson for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., did not respond when asked if the bill would be taken up before the new Congress is convened. TikTok claimed it does not share U.S. user data with the Chinese government and stores the data with Oracle cloud software. TikTok is currently undergoing the national security review process with the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment.
15 Dec. 2022
US Senate passes bill to ban TikTok on government devices
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