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U.S. Opens National Security Investigation Into TikTok

Ryan Saavedra
U.S. Opens National Security Investigation Into TikTok
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The United States government has reportedly opened a national security investigation into the Chinese-owned company TikTok over concerns of how the company stores the personal data of its users and whether it is censoring politically sensitive content.

Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) asked U.S. intelligence officials to look into whether the social media app TikTok presented a threat to the U.S. national security.

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