Joe Biden says he would signal invoice banning TikTok
Joe Biden has mentioned he would signal laws banning standard video-sharing app TikTok within the United States.
Legislation handed by the US House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously on Thursday calling on China’s ByteDance to divest its possession of TikTok or successfully face a US ban.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who helps the invoice, has indicated it should quickly come up for a full vote within the House.
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“If they pass it, I’ll sign it,” Mr Biden mentioned when requested by reporters in regards to the laws.
The White House had offered technical help within the drafting of the invoice, however White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned earlier this week the TikTok laws “still needs some work” to get to a spot the place Mr Biden would endorse it.
Former president Donald Trump, the probably Republican presidential candidate, posted on his Truth Social platform on Thursday saying he opposed a ban as a result of it will assist rival social media platform Facebook.
He beforehand issued, then rescinded, an government motion late in his presidency supposed to ban TikTok and one other standard app, WeChat.
Both the FBI and Federal Communications Commission have warned TikTok proprietor ByteDance might share person information, akin to looking historical past, location and biometric identifiers, with China’s authoritarian authorities.
TikTok mentioned it has by no means finished that and wouldn’t accomplish that if requested.
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Why is TikTok getting banned?
In 2022 Mr Biden banned using TikTok by the federal authorities’s practically 4 million workers on gadgets owned by its businesses, with restricted exceptions for regulation enforcement, nationwide safety and safety analysis functions.
While his administration has raised nationwide safety considerations about TikTok, Mr Biden’s re-election marketing campaign joined the platform final month.
The UK additionally banned TikTok from government phones final 12 months, bringing it in step with the US, Canada and EU.