FLORIDA Republican Senator marco Rubio has announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok because the app could be used to spy on Americans and censor content, reports Tokyo's Nikkei Asia.
The legislation would block all transactions from any social media company in or under the influence of China and Russia, adding that a companion bill in the US House of Representatives was being sponsored by Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi.
'It is troubling that rather than encouraging the administration to conclude its national security review of TikTok, some members of Congress have decided to push for a politically motivated ban that will do nothing to advance the national security of the United States,' said a TikTok statement, adding that the company would continue to brief members of Congress on the plans that are 'well underway' to 'further secure our platform in the United States'.
One of the few things the mutually antagonistic Republican and Democratic parties can agree on is a hostile China policy.
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The legislation would block all transactions from any social media company in or under the influence of China and Russia, adding that a companion bill in the US House of Representatives was being sponsored by Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi.
'It is troubling that rather than encouraging the administration to conclude its national security review of TikTok, some members of Congress have decided to push for a politically motivated ban that will do nothing to advance the national security of the United States,' said a TikTok statement, adding that the company would continue to brief members of Congress on the plans that are 'well underway' to 'further secure our platform in the United States'.
One of the few things the mutually antagonistic Republican and Democratic parties can agree on is a hostile China policy.
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