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On February 27, Reuters reports, the White House gave federal agencies a 30-day deadline to ensure that all government-owned devices are  TikTok-free. The supposed, but seemingly evidenceless, reason: Because a Chinese company owns TikTok — a smart phone app for creating and sharing short videos — the Chinese government may be using  it to spy More

The post The Proposed TikTok Ban Goes Too Far. The Current TikTok Ban Doesn’t Go Far Enough. appeared first on CounterPunch.org.


This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Thomas Knapp.

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