American lawmakers are considering a ban on TikTok within the United States over security concerns of the Chinese-owned social media video app..Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio introduced the proposed legislation in the Senate. Wisconsin Republican Representative Mike Gallagher and Illinois Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced the legislation in the House.. Chinese Communist Party .The bill is called the Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese Communist Party Act (ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act)..“The bipartisan ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act is a strong step in protecting our nation from the nefarious digital surveillance and influence operations of totalitarian regimes,” said Krishnamoorthi in a statement..It would “block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a social media company that is based in or organized under the laws of a country of concern.”.The bill includes additional powers, such as blocking an entire company if it is controlled or owned by a “country of concern.”.This bill specifically mentions the Chinese company Bytedance, which owns TikTok..How the government would define a “country of concern” is whether the country meets the “foreign adversary” requirement in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act 2019.. TikTokTikTok .Currently, Russia, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, and all the regions of China including China, Hong Kong, and Macau, meet the requirement..Rubio issued a statement about the proposed bill and said it's about protecting American children and adults from China collecting data on them..“The federal government has yet to take a single meaningful action to protect American users from the threat of TikTok,” said Rubio. .“This isn’t about creative videos ... this is about an app that is collecting data on tens of millions of American children and adults every day.”.Rubio accused China of manipulating elections through people’s TikTok feeds..“We know it’s used to manipulate feeds and influence elections. We know it answers to the People’s Republic of China,” said Rubio. .“There is no more time to waste on meaningless negotiations with a CCP-puppet company. It is time to ban Beijing-controlled TikTok for good.”.Gallagher called TikTok a “digital fentanyl that’s addicting Americans, collecting troves of their data, and censoring their news.”.“Allowing the app to continue to operate in the U.S. would be like allowing the U.S.S.R. to buy up the New York Times, Washington Post, and major broadcast networks during the Cold War,” said Gallagher..“No country with even a passing interest in its own security would allow this to happen, which is why it’s time to ban TikTok and any other CCP-controlled app before it’s too late.”
American lawmakers are considering a ban on TikTok within the United States over security concerns of the Chinese-owned social media video app..Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio introduced the proposed legislation in the Senate. Wisconsin Republican Representative Mike Gallagher and Illinois Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced the legislation in the House.. Chinese Communist Party .The bill is called the Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese Communist Party Act (ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act)..“The bipartisan ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act is a strong step in protecting our nation from the nefarious digital surveillance and influence operations of totalitarian regimes,” said Krishnamoorthi in a statement..It would “block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a social media company that is based in or organized under the laws of a country of concern.”.The bill includes additional powers, such as blocking an entire company if it is controlled or owned by a “country of concern.”.This bill specifically mentions the Chinese company Bytedance, which owns TikTok..How the government would define a “country of concern” is whether the country meets the “foreign adversary” requirement in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act 2019.. TikTokTikTok .Currently, Russia, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, and all the regions of China including China, Hong Kong, and Macau, meet the requirement..Rubio issued a statement about the proposed bill and said it's about protecting American children and adults from China collecting data on them..“The federal government has yet to take a single meaningful action to protect American users from the threat of TikTok,” said Rubio. .“This isn’t about creative videos ... this is about an app that is collecting data on tens of millions of American children and adults every day.”.Rubio accused China of manipulating elections through people’s TikTok feeds..“We know it’s used to manipulate feeds and influence elections. We know it answers to the People’s Republic of China,” said Rubio. .“There is no more time to waste on meaningless negotiations with a CCP-puppet company. It is time to ban Beijing-controlled TikTok for good.”.Gallagher called TikTok a “digital fentanyl that’s addicting Americans, collecting troves of their data, and censoring their news.”.“Allowing the app to continue to operate in the U.S. would be like allowing the U.S.S.R. to buy up the New York Times, Washington Post, and major broadcast networks during the Cold War,” said Gallagher..“No country with even a passing interest in its own security would allow this to happen, which is why it’s time to ban TikTok and any other CCP-controlled app before it’s too late.”
