In September, President Joe Biden announced that national security concerns had been addressed and TikTok would continue to be available in the United States. Senator Marco Rubio and Congressman Mike Gallagher announced that they have started work to ban the TikTok application within the borders of the USA.
US government may impose access ban for TikTok app
Rubio and Gallagher have officially called for a ban on TikTok in the US Senate and House of Representatives. Lawmakers claimed that TikTok was collecting sensitive data on Americans for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and working to influence the elections.
“The federal government has yet to take a single meaningful action to protect American users from the TikTok threat,” Rubio said in a press release. We know it is used to manipulate publications and influence elections. We know that you replied to the People’s Republic of China. No more time to waste in pointless negotiations with a CCP puppet company. It’s time to ban Beijing-controlled TikTok forever.” said.
The bill is officially called “The National Internet Surveillance, Repressive Censorship and Influence, and Prevention of Algorithmic Learning Threat by Law of the Communist Party of China.” Also known as the ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act, the bill will be used to restrict practices originating in China.
If the bill is approved, its provisions are expected to cover any social media platform controlled by other US foreign enemies, including Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela. TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter said the company views the latest law as politically motivated. .
Oberwetter said TikTok’s motivation to work closely to appease the Biden administration is to ensure that it does not lose access to “the millions of Americans who use the platform to learn, grow their businesses and connect with the creative content that brings them joy.”