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Pompeo: US ‘looking at’ ban of China-owned TikTok

By Jerry Dunleavy
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Pompeo: US ‘looking at’ ban of China-owned TikTok

The United States is considering banning the popular China-owned social media app TikTok amid national security concerns that the company is sharing user data with the Chinese Communist Party.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the revelation Monday night during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, noting the U.S. has taken steps to push back against Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE and might do the same with TikTok.

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