Sahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — The House-passed bill that could ban TikTok faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where there is less urgency to act and senators have different theories about how to address national security concerns about the app's China-based owner. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the Senate is unlikely to accept the House bill as is and called for an open amendment process to make changes to it.
The bill would create a process for the president to deem a social media app under the control of a foreign adversary as a national security threat and then ban it from U.S. app stores within 6 months unless the app severs ties with that country. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he’d be “inclined to support” the House bill, and said recent security briefings appear to have moved lawmakers toward restricting TikTok. “The more we know, the more frightening TikTok becomes,” he said.
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