US Senators Support Biden's TikTok Ban Power Amidst Spying Concerns and Government Intervention.
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Six more US senators have backed bipartisan legislation to give President Joe Biden new powers to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok on national security grounds. TikTok's critics fear its US user data could be passed on to China's government by the app owned by the Chinese tech company ByteDance. The legislation, the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act, is sponsored by nine Republicans and nine Democrats. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23.
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