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Senate passes bill forcing TikTok's parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature

Apr. 23, 2024 22:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected to face legal challenges and disrupt the lives of content creators who...

State governments looking to protect health-related data as it's used in abortion battle

Feb. 17, 2024 00:25 AM EST

Some state governments and federal regulators were already moving to keep individuals' reproductive health information private when a U.S. senator’s report last week offered a new jolt, describing how cellphone location data was used to send millions of anti-abortion ads to people who visited...