Congressional Republicans are leading a new effort to encourage Congress to ban the use of the social media platform TikTok due to possible security threats.
Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Dan Crenshaw led a coalition of 17 Republicans who urged the Senate Rules Committee and the Committee on House Administration to block fellow members of Congress from using TikTok in a letter sent on Monday."We urge you to amend the House and Senate rules to bar members of Congress from continued use of TikTok and take any other appropriate measures to mitigate the risks of this de-facto, spyware app," the GOP lawmakers wrote.
The lawmakers called the continued use of TikTok by members of Congress despite past advisory warnings of TikTok's data vulnerabilities"troublesome." Congressional lawmakers across the aisle have attempted to mitigate TikTok's reach. Sens. John Thune and Mark Warner are the leads on the RESTRICT Act, which gives the Commerce Department the ability to restrict technology deals tied to countries that are of national concern to the U.S. The six countries listed that have adversarial relationships with the U.S. are China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela. The Biden administration has expressed support for the bill.
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