A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has called for the Commerce Department to place ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, on a government export control list. This move would restrict the company's access to U.S. technology and is seen as a measure to protect U.S. user data from potential threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). House Oversight Chair James Comer has intensified efforts to have TikTok registered as a foreign agent. Lawmakers, including Reps. Dan Crenshaw and Josh Gottheimer, have expressed concerns over ByteDance's ties to Beijing and the CCP's access to American user data. The push to sanction ByteDance aligns with the U.S.'s broader digital containment strategy against China, which previously included actions against Huawei. Amanda Yee, an editor at Liberation News, provided analysis on the situation.
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I joined my colleagues and sent a letter to @CommerceGov, expressing our concern regarding the ongoing operation of ByteDance Ltd and the threat of American’s data being transferred to the PRC. The Biden Administration must do more to protect U.S. user data, and ensure our…
Lawmakers urge Biden administration to ban TikTok parent company https://t.co/446TjTK03k https://t.co/h18VsWndjP
In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, @RepDanCrenshaw and @RepJoshG call on the department to add ByteDance — TikTok’s parent company — to its foreign entity list. | @NRO https://t.co/U0EjUfJFnj
"The fundamental issue here is that Bytedance is a Beijing based company. The sanctioning of Huawei and focus on banning TikTok is part of the U.S. digital containment strategy of China." Amanda Yee @catcontentonly, editor at Liberation News shares analysis on the recent… https://t.co/OHWWQ1xskI
House Oversight Chair James Comer is ratcheting up pressure on the Biden administration to force TikTok to register as a foreign agent https://t.co/KWE5NGtwR7
US lawmakers urge Commerce to put TikTok-parent ByteDance on export control list https://t.co/m0xoQWFa4z https://t.co/4cKG8BvkPs
⚠️ LAWMAKERS URGE COMMERCE TO PUT TIKTOK-PARENT BYTEDANCE ON EXPORT CONTROL LIST (Reuters) A bipartisan group of 15 U.S. lawmakers on Thursday urged the Commerce Department to add TikTok-parent company ByteDance to a government export control list to restrict its access to… https://t.co/LJhAe0AYwf