House to advance nationwide TikTok Ban
The social media video app has been banned on most federal devices.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that Congress will move forward with legislation to ban TikTok over concerns that China is accessing U.S. user data.
“It’s very concerning that the CEO of TikTok can’t be honest and admit what we already know to be true — China has access to TikTok user data,” McCarthy tweeted Sunday after TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified earlier in the week. “The House will be moving forward with legislation to protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party.”
That same day, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said that the White House is “very in favor” of his bipartisan bill that would give the Commerce Department the power to review and possibly ban technology such as TikTok.
The social media video app has been banned on most federal devices, while most states have taken action to ban the platform on state-owned devices.
McCarthy also said last week that the hearing with Chew was “very concerning.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray warned earlier this month that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance was subject to data requests from the Chinese government and that the app poses a U.S. national security risk.
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Is #idiot #AOC actually #RIGHT about something? If so, of course, for the WRONG REASONS!!!
AOC and other #Leftists have (of course) gotten #TIKTOK MONEY so they oppose banning it (usual quid-pro-quo #FASCICRATS #MoneyLaundering loyalty, and not to mention their usual #CCP Ass kissing). HOWEVER, she is Right in that we have to TREAD LIGHTLY on this as THERE CAN BE A #SLIPPERYSLOPE with just as #THEPATRIOTACT NOW TWISTED TO USE AGAINST AMERICAN PATRIOTS the banning of a Private company App like this can set a VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT — that would be the discussion and reason to oppose; based on FREEDOM PRINCIPLES (and why many Conservatives are opposing based upon that/those Principles (but there is ZERO REASON it cannot be banned on ANY/ALL GOVERNMENT BOUGHT/PAID-FOR DEVICES))!!!
The RESTRICT Act, like The Patriot Act before it, GOES WAY TOO FAR and would be used by FASCICRATS to shutdown Conservative Platforms. They have been BEGGING for Internet control via the fake NET NEUTRALITY Act manure.
related: https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/brace-yourself-im-about-to-agree-with-a-democrat-sort-of/
The bipartisan bills are not good for our personal freedoms. These billed are a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Please write or call your congress people to urge them to not pass this bill. Tik Tok may be bad, but this bill will ultimately restrict our freedoms!!!!! Urgent!!!!
As much as I despise TikTok, this will bring in more surveillance for us. EVERYTHING that’s done is to advance the agenda, everything. Carlson dove into what the ban means on Monday night, and it ain’t good for us.