The authors of a leading bill for restricting TikTok, SenJohnThune & Sen MarkWarner, said the growing resistance to their measure is because the Chinese app is campaigning against them. Critics say the bill infringes on free speech & civil liberties.
Sens. John Thune and Mark Warner defended their bill, the RESTRICT Act, in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. The bill in question was filed with more than a dozen co-sponsors and is considered the most supported piece of TikTok legislation in Congress to date. The RESTRICT Act would give the Commerce Department additional powers to regulate tech business deals related to nations of concern, such as China or Iran.
The two senators dismissed allegations that the bill could be used to target individual users for simple actions such as using a virtual private network, a device used to hide one's internet location by directing traffic through a separate server.
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