U.S. Funding Law provides for Tik Tok ban
2022.12.17 14:48
U.S. Funding Law provides for Tik Tok ban
Budrigannews.com – Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is in favor of including in a government funding bill a piece of legislation that the Senate passed this week and would prevent federal employees from using TikTok, which is owned by China, on government-owned devices.
Pelosi’s spokesperson stated that the TikTok provision should be included in legislation to fund the government that the House of Representatives will consider next week.
The likelihood that the provision will be adopted next week is significantly increased by Pelosi’s and Representative Kevin McCarthy’s support.
A bill sponsored by Republican Senator Josh Hawley to prohibit federal employees from using the Chinese-owned video app on government-owned devices was passed by the Senate on Wednesday. In response to concerns about Beijing’s potential use of Chinese companies to spy on Americans, U.S. lawmakers have taken the latest step to crack down on them.
According to TikTok, the concerns are primarily fueled by false information. Over 100 million Americans who use TikTok on private or company-owned devices would not be impacted by the legislation.
Numerous administrative offices, including the White House and the Safeguard, Country Security and State divisions, as of now prohibit TikTok from government-claimed gadgets.
On the off chance that the House endorses its TikTok arrangement, the Senate would need to add a comparative boycott to its rendition of the spending bill prior to sending it on to President Joe Biden for his mark.
Karine Jean-Pierre, a spokeswoman for the White House, declined to say on Thursday whether Biden would support legislation regarding TikTok. She stated, “We’re going to let Congress proceed with their process.”
“The move on the Hill mostly as sign of frustration that we haven’t figured out something to do about this after so many years,” said Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative. Therefore, I believe this is more of a sign of political anger than a significant new restriction.”
Also on Friday, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte said that the state would join New Hampshire, Wyoming, Georgia, North Dakota, Idaho, Iowa, and a growing number of other states in the United States this week in banning TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance Ltd., from using state-owned devices due to concerns that data could be given to the Chinese government.
In 2020, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attempted to prohibit new TikTok users from downloading the app and other transactions, effectively preventing its use in the United States. However, he lost a series of court battles over the measure.
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A powerful national security body known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has been trying for months to reach a national security agreement to safeguard TikTok users’ data; however, it appears that no agreement will be reached before the end of the year.
