The House is set to vote Wednesday on a bill that would force parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban of the social media app on U.S. devices.
The House is set to vote Wednesday on a bill that would require ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to sell the app or face a ban on U.S. devices.The House of Representatives is on track to approve legislation Wednesday that would force TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the company, or face a ban of the popular social media app in the U.S.
The bipartisan measure was unanimously approved last week by the House Energy and Commerce committee. It's coming to the floor Wednesday under a process that requires two-thirds of the House to pass. The bill also sets up a process for the president to address any future threats from any foreign owned apps if they are deemed a national security risk. It also creates a system for users to download their own data and switch to an alternate platform.At 27-years-old, Florida Democratic Congressman Maxwell Frost is the youngest member of Congress, and he opposes the bill.
TikTok declined an interview with NPR. In a statement a spokesperson said"The government is attempting to strip 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression. This will damage millions of businesses, deny artists an audience, and destroy the livelihoods of countless creators across the country."
But Krishnamoorthi says he and other lawmakers reviewed the efforts and says the company's claims about their safeguards were false."Whether it was Tiktok saying that 'oh American user data is not going to be accessible to anyone in China.' Again, wrong. That was also proven false. And then they said that American user data is not going to be used to target anybody again. Wrong. That was false.
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