Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said that Congress will move forward with legislation on TikTok to 'protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party.'
Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., discusses the ‘strong’ likelihood there will be bipartisan support to ban TikTok on ‘The Bottom Line.’, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday, just days after CEO Shou Zi Chew was grilled by lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the social media app used by more than 150 million Americans.
"It's very concerning that the CEO of TikTok can't be honest and admit what we already know to be true—Lawmakers have been raising the alarm for months about TikTok, which is owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance. Some U.S.
At another point in the hearing, Chew failed to directly answer Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, when asked multiple times about whether employees at ByteDance had access to Americans' user data, calling it a "complex issue."A bipartisan earlier this month with the White House's backing that would give President Biden the ability to ban TikTok and other technology platforms owned by foreign adversaries. FILE: This photo shows a TikTok app logo.
The Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., which has been in discussions with TikTok since 2019, demanded last week thatDozens of governors across the U.S. have already banned the app on state-owned devices.
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