U.S. Senate panel to vote on bill banning federal employees from using TikTok on government-issued devices

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will take up the 'No TikTok on Government Devices Act' at its hearing on July 22

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will take up the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act” at its hearing on July 22. One of the company’s harshest critic, Hawley has repeatedly raised national security concerns over TikTok’s handling of user data and said he was worried that the company shares data with the Chinese government.

Several U.S. agencies that deal with national security and intelligence issues have banned employees from using the app, which allows users to create short videos.

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