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FBI weighs in on TikTok deal

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On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray weighed in on TikTok in a US Homeland Security Committee hearing.
ICYMI: TikTok is trying to reach a deal with the US to move all of its US user data to Oracle servers and avoid getting booted out of the country.

The company hopes...



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