TikTok's Musical.ly deal needs U.S. national security review - senator
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday asked a U.S. national security panel to review TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's acquisition of Musical.ly, saying TikTok is used by the Chinese government to censor politically sensitive content.In a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Rubio said Chinese-owned apps "are increasingly being used to censor content and silence open discussion on topics deemed sensitive by the Chinese Government and Communist Party." The..