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TikTok faces a 'permanent ban' in the US, vote on new bipartisan bill to decide fate of ‘Chinese’ app

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Mehul Reuben Das Despite making several headways into the US market, TikTok faces a “permanent ban” in the country, thanks to a recent bipartisan bill that was introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives. Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher, the two authors of the bill, say it is the only way, lawmakers feel, that TikTok can truly be stopped from collecting sensitive data on Americans for the Chinese Communist Party, and stop the CCP from influencing elections in the US. In August 2020, the then President of the United States, Donald Trump had signed an…

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