The Politicians and Activists Who Don't Want TikTok

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More than half of all US states have already banned TikTok from being used on government devices. The social media app is owned by Chinese company ByteDance. Many Western politicians are so concerned about Beijing's ability to access user data, they want to ban or restrict the app. Yuan Yang has been paying attention to lawmakers and activists who don't want these bands.

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox has agreed to pay $787.5mn to settle a landmark defamation case, Bank of America emerged from banking turmoil with higher first-quarter profits, China’s latest GDP numbers show the economy is rebounding from one of its worst years in decades, and lawmakers and activists from across the political spectrum have come out against efforts in western countries to ban or curb TikTok

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