Republican leaders in the House and Senate are calling on President Biden to take concrete steps to force the sale of US assets belonging to Chinese TikTok stake holders.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, weigh in on TikTok national security concerns as GOP lawmakers pressure colleagues to quit the popular video-sharing app on 'The Story with Martha MacCallum.'Republican leaders in Congress’ top financial committees are pushing President Biden to force the implementation of a 2020 national security order that would force the sale of all U.S.
The Trump administration took steps to try and outright block the social media site from being accessible in the U.S., though its efforts were struck down by the courts. "As public servants, we bear a profound responsibility to protect the well-being of future generations by mitigating potential hazards," the letter stated."TikTok must not be used as a tool of foreign surveillance and indoctrination on our country’s pride and joy—our children."
Parent company of the video app, ByteDance, has claimed that it does not share information with the CCP, but lawmakers countered these claims and pointed to aChew also admitted that TikTok has collected data on U.S. users that is still stored in servers in Virginia and Singapore and is accessible to ByteDance – which is being investigated by the U.S. justice department for allegedly spying on U.S. citizens.
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