Recent discussions and legislative actions highlight the unique threat posed by TikTok due to its connections with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Senator Rand Paul expressed concerns over a bill advanced by the House aiming to empower the federal government with the authority to ban social media platforms, which he believes could endanger the First Amendment. Meanwhile, Brendan Carr of the FCC and others argue that TikTok's risks cannot be mitigated by privacy or data flow laws alone, advocating for the separation of TikTok from CCP control to address its unparalleled threats. This stance is supported by an op-ed published in NEWSMAX by Carr, emphasizing TikTok's distinct dangers compared to other Big Tech companies.
Brendan Carr: “As Congress moves towards requiring TikTok to divest its ties to the Chinese Communist Party, questions have been raised about whether privacy laws could address TikTok’s threats instead. They can’t.” MORE: https://t.co/g3S9zja5rQ https://t.co/yMOenvU7zj
As Congress moves towards requiring TikTok to divest its ties to the CCP, good questions have been raised about whether privacy laws could address TikTok’s threats instead. https://t.co/g3S9zja5rQ https://t.co/QZjYgOCLJm
Does TikTok present a threat that is any different than other Big Tech companies? Yes, definitively so. I’ve long pressed to rein in Big Tech & end the discrimination. Yet the evidence shows that TikTok is unlike any other Big Tech company. 🧵 https://t.co/Q5OLzYoXts
TikTok poses threats that no privacy or data flow laws could resolve, as it has repeatedly shown. Only separating it from CCP control will do it. And, yes, TikTok is unlike any other social media in terms of its threats. My op-ed today in @NEWSMAX https://t.co/Q5OLzYoXts
Privacy or data flow laws do not resolve TikTok’s threats, as it has repeatedly shown. Only separating it from CCP control will do that. And, yes, TikTok is unlike any other social media in terms of its threats. My op-ed today in @NEWSMAX https://t.co/Q5OLzYoXts
TikTok's Unique Threat Requires It To Break Ties With The CCP | @BrendanCarrFCC https://t.co/29qgVb2sBT
🧵‼️ The lengths some in Congress will go to for more authority and control over Americans’ freedom of speech never ceases to amaze me. The TikTok bill recently advanced by the House would endanger the 1st amendment and empower the federal govt to ban social media platforms…