The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill empowering the president to enact greater restrictions on TikTok, over Democratic lawmakers’ objections, as the Biden administration decides whether to pursue a total blockade of the app.
to ban TikTok or any other software application that threatens U.S. national security.”
Mr. McCaul’s bill directs the president to tell Congress within 90 days of enactment of the law whether there is a reason to ban TikTok or its China-founded ownerIf the president decides there is sufficient cause to ban either entity, the DATA Act compels him to sanction the technology accordingly to block it in the U.S.
“The Republican instinct to ban things it fears, from books to speech, appears uninhibited,” Mr. Meeks said in a statement Wednesday. “Before we take the unprecedented step of banning an app used by over 100 million Americans, harming our national security and infringing on their freedom of expression and speech, Congress must first adequately consult with theTikTok likewise ripped Mr. McCaul’s legislation and griped that it was rushed.
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