Advertisement
TikTok is a potential target in US bill to ban some foreign tech: senator
- Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said TikTok would be ‘one of the potentials’ for review under the bill
- TikTok is under intensifying pressure over concerns that data about US users could end up in the hands of the Chinese government
Reading Time:1 minute
Why you can trust SCMP
0
Two US senators plan to introduce legislation this week aimed at letting the government “ban or prohibit” foreign technology products such as Chinese-owned TikTok, Senator Mark Warner said on Sunday.
Warner, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said TikTok would be “one of the potentials” for review under the bill. The Democratic senator made the comments on television programme Fox News Sunday.
The bill comes at a time when TikTok is under intensifying pressure over concerns that data about US users could end up in the hands of the Chinese government.
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to give US President Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok, in what would be the most far-reaching US restriction on any social media app.
The White House last week gave government agencies 30 days to ensure that TikTok is not on any federal devices and systems. More than 30 US states, Canada and European Union policy institutions have also banned TikTok from being loaded on to state-owned devices.
Warner said he was concerned that TikTok “can be a propaganda tool” based on the types of videos it sends to users.
Advertisement