U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bills Banning TikTok, Citing Risk of China ‘Spying’ on Americans
in the U.S. has been officially introduced in Congress, in an effort led by GOP Sen. Marco 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 said in a prepared statement about the Senate bill. “We know it’s used to manipulate feeds and influence elections. We know it answers to the People’s Republic of China. 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.
In a statement, TikTok spokesperson Hilary McQuaide said, “It’s troubling that rather than encouraging the [Biden] administration to conclude its national security review of TikTok, some members of Congress have decided to push for a politically motivated ban that will do nothing to advance the national security of the United States.”
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