Rep. Darrell Issa blasted the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok as an espionage tool of China, equating it to the Chinese spy balloon that the U.S. shot down.
MRC President and founder Brent Bozell discusses whether Biden should ban TikTok after a House panel advanced a bill giving him the authority to do so.as an espionage tool of China, equating it to the Chinese spy balloon that the U.S. shot down earlier this month after crossing from Alaska to South Carolina.
Issa on Wednesday joined fellow Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee in voting along party lines to advance the Deterring America’s Technological Adversaries Act, a bill that would grant the Biden administration new authorities to ban TikTok and crack down on other China-related economic activity.
McCaul's bill would extend U.S. restrictions on TikTok. However, Democrats appear united in opposing the measure, expressing concerns about the legislation being "unvetted" and rushed. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told FOX Business Network on Wednesday that he has apprehensions about a bill giving the president power to ban TikTok and called for Congress to do the job itself.
"My hope is that we can either ban or force a sale of TikTok," he told CNBC on Wednesday. "I have a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would allow for that … I think Matt Pottinger last night identified the central concern. It’s not just that TikTok, ByteDance, and by extension the CCP can use the app to exfiltrate your data or track your location. It's that with control of the algorithm, they control what information Americans get.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Wednesday that the federal government is working on a solution for TikTok but wouldn't say whether it would be banned.
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