TIKTOK BANNED: US lawmakers voted in favor of legislation on the Chinese app on Wednesday. In 2020, India banned 59 Chinese-made apps, including TikTok to protect the country’s national security.
In 2020, India banned 59 Chinese-made apps, including TikTok, emphasizing their priority to protect the country’s national security.
India’s bold move to ban TikTok four years ago was cited as US lawmakers voted in favor of legislation on the Chinese app on Wednesday.
India banned TikTok along with 58 other Chinese-made apps in 2020, emphasizing its priority to protect the country’s national security.
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What does the bill seek?
The legislation aims to regulate the ownership of foreign applications similar to TikTok within the United States.
After the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adverse Controlled Applications Act by a vote of 352 to 65, the President must now sign it into law to send it to the White House.
The bill was co-authored by Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamurthy, a Democrat, and Congressman Mike Gallagher, a Republican.
Why does the US want to ban TikTok?
Congressman Greg Murphy said that TikTok is being used by China to target, survey and manipulate US citizens.
“The application gathers sensitive user information that is shared with the Chinese Communist Party and its intelligence agencies. Under its current ownership, it poses a serious national security threat,” he said.
House Republicans said China’s ambitious data collection goals and a lack of transparency from TikTok and its officials about data and restraint practices have prompted governments including the US, the European Union, Canada, India and several US states to ban its use. Application on government devices.
The bill requires TikTok to sever ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to protect the data of millions of Americans, especially children, and to mitigate national security risks posed by the brutal regime.
White House bans TikTok in America.
The White House has said the bill will be signed into law by the president after it passes the Senate. At the same time, the legislation asserted that it does not prohibit applications similar to TikTok.
“We are pleased to see this bill moving forward. We will look to the Senate for swift action. As we have said, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said – this bill is important and we welcome this step – and ongoing efforts to address the threat posed by certain technology services operating in the United States that threaten Americans’ personal information. and our broader national security, including the protection of the opinion and trust of the American people by foreign powers,” said White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre.
Sullivan, speaking on Tuesday, posed the question: ‘Should private data reside in America or China?’”
“Let me be clear here: This bill will not ban apps like TikTok, period. As I just said, what it will do is make sure that ownership of these apps doesn’t fall into the hands of people who can exploit them or harm us,” Karin Jean-Pierre said.
“So, it’s going to go through a process. We hope the Senate will act on it and take notice of it. We’ve said this on every piece of legislation we’ve ever worked on – in Congress that we’ve had – we’ve been involved in: We provide technical support. That’s what we did during the House process, and we’re certainly going to do it during the Senate process,” the White House press secretary added.
In a statement, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he voted against legislation that would have banned TikTok, which would have been difficult to achieve.
He said the law would give the executive branch broad discretion with no oversight from Congress, which would be unprecedented in American history.