Bipartisan lawmakers on Tuesday announced a bill that would force Beijing-based ByteDance to sell TikTok to continue operating in the United States, a move that would force Beijing-based ByteDance to sell TikTok in order to continue operating in the United States, a move that would threaten the app's Chinese ownership. It has been praised by technology experts who think it is.
”Protecting Americans from regulatory application laws by foreign adversaries', ByteDance would have about six months to sell TikTok. Experts argued that the bill would reduce the national security threat posed by TikTok. (Related: Lawmakers propose a U.S. ban on TikTok)
I'm part of a bipartisan coalition supporting legislation that would force a divestment of TikTok.
TikTok is ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and has fueled extremism and anti-Semitism like never before in recent history.
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“TikTok's own actions make clear that it is beholden to the Chinese Communist Party and poses an unacceptable threat to the national security of the United States,” said Federal Communications Secretary Brendan Carr. claimed “I applaud this strong bipartisan bill that will ensure this threat is resolved.”
The bill would also give the president the power to force other companies based in foreign hostile countries to divest from their parent companies. according to Go to press release.
“TikTok's unchecked growth and infiltration into our social fabric will only make it more difficult to free ourselves and our children from its grip. We must meet this crisis head-on. , TikTok must be immediately banned from operating in the United States,” said Kara Frederick, director of the Heritage Foundation Technology Policy Center. ” [bill] This is a significant step forward in this fight and will be a powerful tool to end this pernicious Chinese Communist Party surveillance platform once and for all. ”
TikTok continues to distribute data to ByteDance despite purported efforts to protect American data, Wall Street Journal report In January.
The company has tried to assuage concerns from lawmakers and public officials about how it handles Americans' data by spending $1.5 billion on a quarantine unit to protect Americans' data, but administrators within TikTok say employees are The company told ByteDance to share data by bypassing authorized channels. W.S.J.
“Great to see @HouseCommerce introduce legislation to keep dangerous apps like @tiktok_us in its current form from our devices. This is a national security threat posed by these technologies. This is a positive step towards allaying the above concerns,” said Joel Thayer, Director of the Institute for Digital Progress. Posted With X.
TikTok opposed the bill, saying it would effectively ban the app and crush free speech in the process.
“This bill would completely ban TikTok, no matter how hard its creators try to hide it. This law would trample on the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans, and 5 million SMEs will be deprived of the platform they depend on for growth and job creation,” the company said. Posted With X.
The Biden administration previously demanded that TikTok withdraw from ByteDance or face a possible ban in the United States, but the administration reportedly reversed this in September.
TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to Daily Caller News Foundation's requests for comment.
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