WASHINGTON: Two senior United States senators called for the government to study national security risks possibly posed by Chinese-owned social media video application TikTok, saying it could leave American users vulnerable to Beijing’s spying.

With 500 million users worldwide, TikTok has exploded in popularity in the past two years, offering a platform to produce and publish music-synced videos up to 60 seconds long.

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