Under the bipartisan spending bill that passed both chambers of Congress, TikTok will be banned from government devices, underscoring the growing concern about the popular video-sharing app owned by China’s ByteDance. The bill, which still has to be signed into law by President Joe Biden, also calls on e-commerce platforms to do more vetting to help deter counterfeit goods from being sold online, and forces companies pursuing large mergers to pay more to file with federal antitrust agencies.
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