The Senate approved a bill on Wednesday to prohibit government-issued gadgets from accessing TikTok in a display of bipartisan cooperation. This is a crucial step in safeguarding the safety and security of federal institutions.
Republican senators from Florida, South Carolina, and Missouri banded together in March 2020 to submit a measure that would have wide-ranging effects throughout the country. The proposal, which had bipartisan support in August of last year, is now being reintroduced in order to be formally signed into law by President Joe Biden after receiving approval from the House of Representatives.
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“TikTok is a Trojan Horse for the Chinese Communist Party. It’s a major security risk to the United States, and until it is forced to sever ties with China completely, it has no place on government devices,” Hawley said in a press release. “States across the U.S. are banning TikTok on government devices. It’s time for Joe Biden and the Democrats to help do the same.”
Several Republican governors have enacted broad prohibitions on the well-known video-sharing app TikTok. Texas, South Dakota, Maryland, and Utah are among the affected states.
TikTok has been blocked from government devices in a rapid and decisive move by authorities to safeguard the maximum security of our country. The State Department, the Defense Department, and organizations connected to Homeland Security like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are all moving in this direction.
Three politicians from opposing political parties have banded together to call for the outlawing of TikTok in the US. On Tuesday, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) proposed legislation that would make it illegal for this well-known social networking site to operate within the US.
By 2021, TikTok had become into a genuine worldwide sensation. The app has an estimated 86.9 million U.S. users and 1 billion monthly active users globally, making it one of the most well-liked social media platforms and the platform of choice for two-thirds of American teenagers.
The Chinese-based ByteDance, the firm behind TikTok’s explosive growth among social media users worldwide, raised privacy concerns for American individuals. According to Forbes, the company intends to exploit this well-known platform to covertly monitor user data.
According to a BuzzFeed investigation, ByteDance personnel repeatedly accessed U.S.-based user data on the site in October 2021, contradicting sworn evidence from a TikTok official. Audio recordings from more than 80 internal corporate meetings between 2021 and 2022 indicated that all operations were meticulously watched by staff in China, providing a startling window into TikTok’s user privacy protection practices.
Due to growing worries from U.S. authorities about possible effects on national security, the Biden administration has extended the deadline for CFIUS to evaluate TikTok from a national security perspective.
The platform’s reliability and flawed recommendation system have put a stop to talks to resolve national security issues. For all parties concerned, finding a satisfactory conclusion without changing TikTok’s ownership structure is proving challenging.
When contacted for an official response about the situation, TikTok remained quiet.
