Reuters reports that next month, the
House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a vote on a bill aimed at halting the use of TikTok in the U.S.
The concern is that this app gives the Chinese government a back door into our phones.
Reuters reports that for the past three years, TikTok has been adamant that it
cannot access Americans' personal data.
The social media app also assures
Washington that its content can't be influenced by China's Communist Party.
The social media app also assures
Washington that its content can't be influenced by China's Communist Party.
TikTok issued a statement regarding the House panel's upcoming vote.
Calls for total bans of TikTok take a piecemeal approach to national security and a piecemeal approach to broad industry issues like data security, privacy, and online harms, TikTok, via Reuters .
Reuters reports that the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) has been in talks with TikTok since 2021 in an attempt to establish a national security agreement.
TikTok says it has invested close
to $1.5 billion on those efforts.
The company asserts that it has a , "comprehensive package of measures with layers of government and independent oversight to ensure that there are no backdoors into TikTok that could be used to manipulate the platform.".
Last month, legislation banning federal employees from using TikTok on
government devices was enacted.
Reuters reports
that TikTok has over
100 million users in the U.S.
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Senate Passes $95 Billion , Foreign Aid Package.
On April 23, the U.S. Senate voted
79-18 to approve foreign aid for Ukraine,
Israel and Taiwan, 'The Guardian' reports. .
Today the Senate sends a unified
message to the entire world:
America will always defend
democracy in its hour of need, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, via statement.
Make no mistake, America will deliver
on its promise to act like a leader on the
world stage, to hold the line against
autocratic thugs like Vladimir Putin. , Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, via statement.
The package includes $60.8 billion for Ukraine,
$26.3 billion for Israel and $8.1 billion for Taiwan.
The package includes $60.8 billion for Ukraine,
$26.3 billion for Israel and $8.1 billion for Taiwan.
The package includes $60.8 billion for Ukraine,
$26.3 billion for Israel and $8.1 billion for Taiwan.
A provision to ban TikTok
after the election if ByteDance refuses
to sell the platform is also included.
The legislation will now head to President Biden, who told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on
April 23 that he will "move quickly" to provide aid.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised House Speaker Mike Johnson, .
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised House Speaker Mike Johnson, .
with whom he worked "hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder to get this bill done.".
A lot of people inside and
outside the Congress wanted this
package to fail. But today those in
Congress who stand on the side of
democracy are winning the day, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, via statement.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell also issued a statement.
Today’s action is overdue, but our work
does not end here. Trust in American
resolve is not rebuilt overnight. Expanding
and restocking the arsenal of democracy
doesn’t just happen by magic, Senate Majority Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, via statement
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Congress Sends Biden a Bill , That Could Ban TikTok.
Included within Congress' $95 billion national security package is a provision that could
lead to TikTok being banned in America.
Included within Congress' $95 billion national security package is a provision that could
lead to TikTok being banned in America.
However, the ban would take place
after the 2024 election, NBC News reports. .
This means that TikTok could still be used by candidates seeking the nation's highest
office who want to reach younger voters.
This means that TikTok could still be used by candidates seeking the nation's highest
office who want to reach younger voters.
The new bill gives TikTok parent company ByteDance nine months to sell the
platform or be banned in the U.S.
A one-time, 90-day extension can
be granted by the president.
Without an extension, the earliest a ban
could be implemented is January 2025.
Some Democrats say that ByteDance would rather sell TikTok than be banned in America.
TikTok ain’t going away. There is
no more capitalistic entity than
an organization controlled by
the Chinese Communist Party.
They’re going to sell it, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., a member of the
Armed Services Committee, via NBC News.
Young people will go on their
TikTok tomorrow and they’ll still
have it. And then the day after
that, they’ll still have it. And the
day after that, they’ll still have it.
If you like it, you’re going to keep it, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., a member of the
Armed Services Committee, via NBC News.
Donald Trump issued a statement seeking to
exploit the development for his own political gain.
Just so everyone knows, especially the
young people, Crooked Joe Biden is
responsible for banning TikTok. He is the one
pushing it to close … Young people, and lots of others, must remember this on November 5th, ELECTION DAY, when they vote!, Donald Trump, via Truth Social
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Trump Calls Facebook , ‘Enemy of the People’.
A bill that would allow TikTok to be banned in the U.S. was recently passed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, CNBC reports. .
On March 11, former President Donald Trump, who once attempted to remove TikTok
from American app stores, said.
“Without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger, and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people.”.
Trump went on to say that "there's a lot of good and there's a lot of bad" with TikTok.
There are a lot of people on TikTok that
love it. There are a lot of young kids on
TikTok who will go crazy without it, Donald Trump, to CNBC.
Lawmakers have sought to limit TikTok's reach
in recent years due to fears that the Beijing government will access Americans' private data.
If China wants anything from [TikTok],
they will give it, so that’s a national
security risk [that] goes up, Donald Trump, to CNBC.
But when I look at it, I’m not looking
to make Facebook double the size. , Donald Trump, to CNBC.
And if you if you ban TikTok, Facebook
and others — but mostly Facebook —
will be a big beneficiary, and I think
Facebook has been very busy, Donald Trump, to CNBC.
I think Facebook has been very
bad for our country, especially
when it comes to elections. , Donald Trump, to CNBC
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