Members of both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced new bipartisan bills that aim to completely ban TikTok from operating in the country amid spying concerns.
, would block and prohibit all transactions from any social media company based in or “influenced by” China, Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Venezuela, although the bill does seem to be particularly pointed at TikTok.
“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. 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.”
“At a time when the Chinese Communist Party and our other adversaries abroad are seeking any advantage they can find against the United States through espionage and mass surveillance, it is imperative that we do not allow hostile powers to potentially control social media networks that could be easily weaponized against us,” Krishnamoorthi argues.
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