Bipartisan legislation has emerged in Congress that would enact a total ban on TikTok's operation in the US
The bad headlines keep mounting for the mega-popular video-sharing app TikTok, which is now the subject of bipartisan congressional legislation that seeks to completely ban the service in the US.
Separate from whatever outcome follows the congressional legislation, supporters of which include Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a growing number of US states like Alabama, Texas, South Carolina, and Utah are also taking action on their own and banning the app on state computers and devices. And multiple US agencies like the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which goes by the acronym CFIUS, are in talks with TikTok about these same issues.
Citing concerns also raised by other allied nations as well as national security figures like Avril Haines ,on Wednesday, added: “The bipartisan recognition in Congress that TikTok poses an unacceptable threat to our national security is great news.”
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