On March 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, the United States, TikTok creators gathered in front of a press conference to express their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Applications Controlled by Foreign Adversaries Act”, which is pending in the House of Representatives against TikTok. Fight against legislation.
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White House national security adviser John Kirby said on Sunday that the Senate should quickly advance a bill to force Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell TikTok. The bill passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.
“We are pleased that the House has accepted this proposal. We urge the Senate to act quickly,” Kirby said on ABC’s “This Week.”
“We would like to see the Chinese company divested because we worry about data security, as every American should worry about, and the potential for ByteDance and the Chinese Communist Party to exploit information gleaned from Americans’ use of this technology. What to do. Apply.”
The White House’s call for action comes as the Senate slowly passes a bill that would require ByteDance to sell TikTok to a U.S. company or face a ban in the U.S.
The bill passed the House on Wednesday by a vote of 352 to 65. President Joe Biden, who is currently campaigning for re-election on TikTok, said he would sign the bill if it passes Congress.
Buoyed by momentum in the House vote, enthusiastic House members hope the bill will move forward more quickly.
“Mike (Gallagher) and I have had very positive conversations with different members of the Senate who are very interested in this bill and very surprised by the size or strength of the overwhelming bipartisan support in the House,” with Wisconsin Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., who co-chairs the House Select Committee on China Relations with Gallagher, D-Ill., on CBS’ “Face the Nation” (Face the Nation) said on the show.
The Senate has a busy week ahead, however, as Capitol Hill scrambles to negotiate budget resolutions for the six remaining appropriations bills that are due Friday, triggering a partial government shutdown.
New York State Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made it clear that he is in no rush to pass the TikTok bill. He said he “will review” the text but did not commit to a timetable for the vote. Schumer has previously expressed support for selling TikTok to American companies.
Additionally, some members of the House of Lords have balked at the bill rather than fully embraced it.
For example, senators including Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, and Ben Cardin, D-Md., have expressed tentative support for the measure but have hesitated to vote in favor.
“I’m certainly sympathetic to that. Let’s see how it goes through the Senate process. But, yes, I think we need to put guardrails on the ownership of TikTok,” Cardin said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. . ”.
The TikTok bill has also sparked debate outside Capitol Hill. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed opposition to a potential TikTok ban, a reversal from when he was president years ago when he advocated for a ban.
“You can make Facebook bigger without TikTok, but I think Facebook is the enemy of the people,” Trump said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday.
Former Vice President Mike Pence reiterated on Sunday that Trump’s opposition to the TikTok bill was a major reason for his decision not to support his former boss for president in the upcoming election.
“The president’s reversal on TikTok last week, after the previous administration, we actually changed the national consensus on China, which is why after careful consideration, I have concluded that I cannot support Donald Trump. The agenda that Trump is implementing. “This national debate,” Pence said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
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