TikTok: US approves bill that could ban room panel networking

Saying goodbye to TikTok? According to Reuters news agency, the United States House Foreign Relations Committee has voted to pass a bill authorizing the country’s current president, Joe Biden, to ban the Chinese social network in the Northern territories. American. The process took place yesterday (Thurs 2) and marks the largest restriction the country has ever placed on any social network.

The measure was approved by the majority of the panel members with 24 votes in favor and 16 against. There is now legal support for the U.S. government to “destroy” the app, famous for its amalgamation of dances and funny videos, if the project reaches its final stage. So the law would still have to be approved by the entire assembly and also by the senate.

According to the publication, TikTok is used by approximately 100 million people in the United States and poses a security risk to the government. “TikTok is a threat to national security… it’s time to act. Anyone who has downloaded TikTok on their cell phone has opened a loophole to the CCP (Communist Party of China) for all their personal information. This is a spying feature on their cell phone. Phone,” said Michael McCaul, the Republican chairman of the committee that voted on the bill.

However, the measure was not adopted unanimously among American politicians. Democrats opposed the decision, saying it was rushed and needed further discussion and support from expert opinion. In this sense, it was not clear how Biden could restrict or ban the app, but basically action could take place at any time and several citizens could lose access to the social network without prior notice.

After the vote, a TikTok representative said, “The US ban is a ban on exporting American culture and values ​​to the billions of people who use the service worldwide.”