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Senate bans TikTok from government-issued devices
This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. President Donald Trump will order China’s ByteDance to sell its hit video app TikTok because of national-security concerns, according to reports published Friday, July 31, 2020. ... more ...
By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Thursday, August 6, 2020
TikTok is on the path to be prohibited on all devices issued by the U.S. government following passage Thursday of a Senate bill proposed months before President Trump threatened to ban the app.
The Senate agreed without objection to pass legislation barring federal employees from downloading or using the popular Chinese-owned app on any government-owned devices.
Companion legislation easily cleared the House of Representatives weeks earlier, indicating Congress is on course to take action as TikTok faces scrutiny from several sides.
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Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican leading the campaign against TikTok, called it a “major security threat” moments before colleagues agreed by voice vote to pass his bill.
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“In light of all we know, it is unthinkable to me that we should continue to permit federal employees, those workers entrusted with sensitive government data, to access this app on their work phones and computers,” Mr. Hawley said on the Senate floor. “Not only is it inappropriate. It is irresponsible. This app represents a clear and present security risk at a time when we need to be clear-eyed about the threat from the Chinese Communist Party.”
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“Every day we wait is a day ByteDance can collect more information on and about Americans,” Mr. Hawley said. “Today is the day to take action. And even if TikTok ends up being sold eventually, it will be the responsibility of this body, the responsibility of all of us, to make sure no trace of Beijing’s influence remains. None at all.”
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