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Data access concerns and social media: US wants to ban TikTok app

Image of a downloaded page for the TikTok app appears on an Apple iPhone.
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Julie DiMauro

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A nationwide ban against TikTok is brewing in the US against a backdrop of unease over unauthorized data access and use of social media apps.

On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of legislation that could potentially ban TikTok, one of the world’s most popular social media apps, in the United States.

If enacted, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would force ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based parent, to sell

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