![]() ![]() This bill, known as the Deterring America’s Technological Adversaries (DATA) Act, was introduced Friday by Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), then fast-tracked to a vote on Wednesday, which passed 24-16 all Democrats unanimously opposed. along with several other Chinese-owned apps. The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted in favor of a bill that could give President Joe Biden the ability to ban TikTok in the U.S. The entertainment giant boasts 1 billion users or 12.8% of the world’s population, and is owned by a China-based parent company, ByteDance.Īs tensions with China continue to rise in the United States, government officials are becoming increasingly concerned with the type of data being shared with China, and worry it could become not only a propaganda machine but an issue of national security. ![]() While banning TikTok has already occurred at many schools and colleges across the United States, an American-wide ban could be next. ![]()
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