The U.S. Senate is at a pivotal moment as it considers a bill aimed at regulating TikTok, highlighting concerns about the Chinese Communist Party's influence through the app. The House has already passed legislation to ban TikTok, sparking a range of reactions, including ambivalence from some content creators like Jason Bae, an urgent care physician. Efforts to address the perceived threat include Congressman Josh Gottheimer and Congressman Ritchie Torres pressuring NYC to terminate a deal with LinkNYC and TikTok over surveillance concerns. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has voiced strong support for the bill, emphasizing the need to counter China's government's use of TikTok as a propaganda tool and protect Americans through the bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. McConnell's backing underscores the bipartisan push to restrict Chinese ownership of TikTok, framing the issue not as a restriction of speech but as a defense against a significant threat.
New: McConnell urges action on bill to restrict TikTok https://t.co/gl18L3Xga3
McConnell on TikTok bill: Let’s be absolutely clear, this isn't a debate about restricting speech. After all, the PRC does enough of that itself. Chinese citizens are banned from accessing Tik Tok at all. No matter how loudly Tik Tok's apologists claim that reining in PRC…
McConnell backs legislative effort to take aim at Chinese ownership of TikTok “Requiring the divestment of Beijing-influenced entitlement from TikTok would land squarely within established constitutional precedent, and it would begin to turn back the tide of an enormous threat…
Mitch McConnell backs House’s TikTok bill. “Requiring the divestment of Beijing-influenced entitlement from TikTok would land squarely within established constitutional precedent, and it would begin to turn back the tide of an enormous threat to America’s children and to our…
US MINORITY LEADER MCCONNELL SAYS CHINA GOVERNMENT TREATS TIKTOK AS A PROPAGANDA TOOL
Congressman Josh Gottheimer and I pressured NYC to end a deal between LinkNYC and TikTok, which would have led to greater surveillance of New Yorkers at the hands of a foreign adversary. https://t.co/nBhIG6HzW2
Using TikTok, China’s government has the ability to control what an entire generation of Americans see and consume every single day The Senate needs to bring my bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to a vote. https://t.co/9yGMKX1nTq
The Senate approaches a hinge point. The TikTok bill’s outcome is a barometer of how serious American politicians are about dealing with the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party. https://t.co/b6XXx2ph6I
OPINION: "When I heard the House passed legislation to ban TikTok, it surprised me that my immediate reaction was not anger like many content creators but rather deep ambivalence," writes Jason Bae, an urgent care physician practicing in Palo Alto. https://t.co/ydFRnznMQD