Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, today introduced the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The bill prevents app store availability or web hosting services in the U.S. for ByteDance-controlled applications, including TikTok, unless the application severs ties to entities like ByteDance that are subject to the control of a foreign adversary, as defined by Congress in Title 10.
In addition, the bill creates a process for the President to designate certain, specifically defined social media applications that are subject to the control of a foreign adversary—per Title 10—and pose a national security risk. Designated applications will face a prohibition on app store availability and web hosting services in the U.S. unless they sever ties to entities subject to the control of a foreign adversary through divestment.
“This is my message to TikTok: break up with the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to your American users,” said Chairman Gallagher.
“America’s foremost adversary has no business controlling a dominant media platform in the United States. TikTok’s time in the United States is over unless it ends its relationship with CCP-controlled ByteDance.”
“So long as it is owned by ByteDance and thus required to collaborate with the CCP, TikTok poses critical threats to our national…
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Do you think a government should control the apps you can use based on where the app's company is from?
@9KKVXX43mos3MO
they should not be able to restrict access to the app
@9KLDBTSPeace and Freedom3mos3MO
no, the u.s. is meant to be the land of the free
@9KLDBTSPeace and Freedom3mos3MO
No, the U.S. is meant to be the land of the free
@9KLD45MRepublican3mos3MO
I think that the government should look out for its citizens best intrests.
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
Should the U.S. prioritize digital privacy and security over the conveniences provided by apps like TikTok?
@9KLB3ZX3mos3MO
It’s important to weigh in privacy and security concerns in the digital age. An app like TikTok provides endless convenience, yet might contain numerous latchkeys for various violations of national security to take place. It’s therefore a crucial concern to have when dealing with social media platforms so prolific and so wide-reaching.
@WaspChloeLibertarian3mos3MO
The forced removal of Parler from the App Store in January 2021 was another unprecedented act of state censorship. This bill targeting TikTok would be even more extreme, as it would become federal law to prohibit an outlet used for public expression by millions of Americans
@9KKLSX23mos3MO
Tictok should be banned to protect each US citizen from information being illegally obtained by foreign countries.
@9KLKT33Independent3mos3MO
I think that the Chinese government is stealing our information
@9KKZMTY3mos3MO
Yes so it decreases the risk of your personal information getting out to the world or identity theift
@ThirdPartyBearRepublican3mos3MO
The world would be a much better place for teenagers if just about ALL social media platforms were regulated more strictly.
@K3ynesianDanLibertarian3mos3MO
maybe, but as one who hung out in the computer lab in high school and college, we know how to bypass parental controls.
Go ahead, regulate, there is always a work around.
Let us be clear, the issue, like with banning school books and classroom topics, is not about "protecting children" but about the conservative right wing ludites controlling the media in terms of content, not just in terms of business regulation. This, like banning books, won't end with the conservatives' idea of "porn", but will continue to expand to any other idea the evangelical and political right finds offensive in the broadest sense. How many books do you allow them to burn? Not one, otherwise the flaming pile just gets bigger and bigger.
@ElectoralDotterelSocialist3mos3MO
If you want to move to a safe space where the government watches your Internet habits, try Iran or China. If you think you (and your family's) life would be better without the Internet, I'm sure North Korea would love to have you.
This "parent's rights" movement is a thinly veiled "pushing Evangelical Christian beliefs on everyone" movement, yet these same people will yell about "indoctrination" when it's something they don't want their kids learning about because of their religious beliefs. If you want to absolutely control everything your kids are exposed to, homeschool or send them to the most madrassa-like private school you can find. It's your choice.
@TariffToucanSocialist3mos3MO
Why is this a priority while people are living under bridges?
@GiddyIdealisticGreen3mos3MO
There wasn’t an appetite for this until US elites started panicking about youth support for Palestine and opposition to Israel
@MonkeyGabriellaLibertarian3mos3MO
Didn’t China do something like this in the 17th century when they believed in the superiority of its culture tuned its back on a world entering modernity based out of the West???
@ZestySwiftTranshumanist3mos3MO
What? All the noble work Congress could be doing; instead, they are writing legislation that pisses off teenagers and is blatant unconstitutional.
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