Tell me if this story sounds familiar: there’s a national security panic. Foreign adversaries threaten the homeland. Petty bipartisan disputes are put aside, and draft legislation is rushed out. At last, Congress is doing something.
Voters are divided on whether they believe TikTok poses a national security threat, a recent survey from the Economist/YouGov found.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) stated that, according to testimony in a congressional hearing held last week on the Uyghur genocide in China, witnesses testified that the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, “is routinely used
The outrage over the draconian RESTRICT Act, marketed to the public as a “TikTok ban,” is rapidly rising.
The Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act or RESTRICT Act, sold to the public as a “TikTok ban,” does far more than simply ban the Chinese-linked platform.
A TikTok data centre is using so much electricity there isn’t any spare to power the expansion of an arms manufacturing plant, they claim.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) said banning the Chinese social media app TikTok would ultimately “harm [Democrats] politically in 2024.”
While speaking with the Fox News Channel on Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) blasted TikTok for pulling ads warning about the dangers of fentanyl and drug usage off of the app and stated that the move by TikTok to remove
On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) discussed possible action by Congress on TikTok and stated that “the technology that China is implementing is enabling” their attacks on the nation’s Uyghur population and America is
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said over the weekend that she does not support a total ban on the Chinese social media app TikTok, claiming it would be “unprecedented.”
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) dismissed concerns over the social media application TikTok.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that “We’re in the middle of a cold war with China” and technology like TikTok is “the battlefield” in this cold war. Brooks said, “We’re in the middle of
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) stated that TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony before Congress was “disturbing” and noted that he dodged on whether he’ll commit to abstain from selling data in the
House members on both sides of the political aisle have become increasingly wary of TikTok, and after a much-anticipated hearing with the app’s CEO on Thursday, calls for an outright ban of the app have grown.
National Geographic reveals in its most recent issue that the Chinese-owned TikTok video-sharing app is on the front lines promoting pagan religions such as Wicca and druidism.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued that it’s naive to think China isn’t using TikTok for propaganda and data-gathering purposes given all of the evil things China already does. After his panel mentioned how TikTok
During Friday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Your World,” Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) was adamant in his case for banning TikTok, calling for Congress to “step up.”
Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) has signed two pieces of legislation that require social media companies to get parental consent for minors to use their platforms.
Chinese-owned TikTok reportedly paid for the transportation of popular influencers on its platform to appear in Washington as the company’s CEO appeared before congress.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Thursday said TikTok CEO Shou Chew should be “deported immediately” following what the senator described as “disgraceful” testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing.
A TikTok executive has claimed that motives to ban the Chinese-controlled platform stem from xenophobia and fear.
During an interview on CNN’s “Axe Files” podcast released on Thursday, Jen Easterly, the Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) pointed to the differences in TikTok’s American and Chinese versions and said she thinks the app “is
During an interview on CNN’s “Axe Files” podcast released on Thursday, Jen Easterly, the Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said there is an “enormous” amount of data that TikTok can harvest, and there are “all kinds
On Thursday’s broadcast of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) claimed that there isn’t any evidence that TikTok poses a national security concern through Chinese espionage on the app, but there is a national security concern from “misinformation and the spreading of misinformation” on social media.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) criticized “corporate media outlets” for parroting TikTok’s talking points and stated that TikTok is “trying to purchase the Democrat Party right now.” Hawley also argued that
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Thursday was an “abject disaster” for TikTok, and even appeared to result in lawmakers announcing their support for banning the China-owned app, according to one former Politico writer, and many other verified users on Twitter seem to agree.
China’s government said on Thursday that it would oppose any forced sale the United States plans to impose on TikTok’s Chinese owner in order for the social media platform to continue to be used within the country, given the security risk.
Freshman House Democrat Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-NC), who has over a million followers on TikTok, recognizes the security concerns with the Chinese social media app but doesn’t think the platform will fully banned.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew admitted to Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks that the Chinese app tracks users’ keystrokes during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Thursday.
Rep. Kat Cammack pressed TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during a congressional hearing Thursday on the fact that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has access to data of the millions of Americans who use the popular app.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday that “spying” is not the right word for alleged Chinese surveillance of Americans using his company’s social media platform.
While most lawmakers focused on TikTok’s ties to communist China at today’s hearing with its CEO, Shou Zi Chew, Congresswomen Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY) focused on what, for them, appeared to be a more important priority: stopping algorithms from becoming racist.
Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) slammed TikTok CEO Shou Chew during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Thursday over the death of a 10-year-old girl after she attempted the “blackout” challenge that was trending on the China-owned app.
Officials in the Netherlands have been told to delete all Iranian, Russian and Chinese apps from their work phones.
Former Trump official Keith Krach says China’s TikTok app is a “digital virus” that preys on children, and is “disguised as candy, but it’s actually cocaine.”
New York Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman has positioned himself as a TikTok ally as both parties on Capitol Hill debate whether or not to ban the Chinese-controlled platform entirely for national security purposes.
Washington D.C.’s increasing scrutiny of TikTok raises questions over how other big tech companies work with China.
A recent report from the Wall Street Journal claims that web-tracking code from TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has been discovered on 30 state government websites across 27 U.S. states.
It only takes ten minutes after creating an account on China’s TikTok app for the platform’s algorithm to begin pushing suicide videos to 13-year-old children.
Vice President Kamala Harris wrote a glowing letter to transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney, according to an Instagram post by Mulvaney over the weekend.
