The administration is throwing its weight behind a new bill after previous legislative and national security efforts faltered.
Earlier this year, banning the Chinese-owned video sharing app was a rare point of bipartisan agreement. TikTok’s CEO faced a bipartisan grilling on Capitol Hill. President Joe Biden had just signed a bipartisan law prohibiting the app on federal government phones, many state governments did the same and lawmakers across the spectrum were calling for broader bans on the app — warning of national security risks stemming from the Chinese government’s ability to access American user data.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is supportive of Sen. Maria Cantwell's new legislation. | Mariam Zuhaib/APMaria Cantwell TikTok declined to comment on the legislation but argued there is “no evidence” to support assertions it is controlled by the Chinese government. Cognizant of those issues, the administration turned to Congress earlier this year, publicly endorsing the RESTRICT Act, a bill that would give the executive branch broader powers to regulate or ban not just TikTok, but an array of foreign apps.
“I’m somewhat concerned, are we going to get there?” Warner said this month at a Fortune Magazine event. But the path forward for Cantwell’s bill remains unclear. A Commerce Committee staffer said on Thursday that they hope to release the legislation after the October congressional recess, and they are working to address concerns that the RESTRICT Act would have given the president too much authority to ban apps. Such concerns animated conservative opposition to the bill in the House and Senate in recent months.
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