WASHINGTON - The US Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill from Senator Josh Hawley banning federal employees from using video-sharing app TikTok on government-issued devices, amid threats from the White House to ban the company.
The company currently faces a deadline of Sept 15 to either sell its US operations to Microsoft or face an outright ban. "I'm encouraged by the bipartisan support we have seen in this body to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable and that includes... holding accountable those corporations who would just do China's bidding," Senator Hawley said in a statement.Last month, the House of Representatives voted to bar federal employees from downloading the app on government-issued devices as part of a proposal, offered by Representative Ken Buck.
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