lawmaker in the US have announced a bipartisan circular to shun societal media app TikTok . Thelegislationwouldblock all transactionsby social medium companies based in , or deal under the influence of , countries hold to be adversaries .
If the note start through , any social medium companies that are base in country including China , Russia , Iran , North Korea , Venezuela , and Cuba would be unable to lock in the US . If you think that is a long - winded way of saying " TikTok " , the app and its parent company ByteDance are bring up in the pop the question legislation , along with any associated companies or replacement . The legislation is also described as " bipartizan legislation to ban TikTok " in a press freeing from theoffice of Mark Rubio .
The legislation , which comes from Republicans and Democrats , comes amid security concerns about the societal media heavyweight , and political tension with China .
" The Union government has yet to take a single meaningful action to protect American users from the terror of TikTok , " Rubiosaid in a press release . " This is n’t about creative videos — this is about an app that is collecting data on tens of meg of American youngster and grownup every twenty-four hours . "
TikTok has beenaccused of harvesting"excessive " amounts of data from its users , and is presently underinvestigation by the EUfollowing allegations that the political platform send European exploiter ' data to China .
" It is distressing that rather than encouraging the administration to conclude its national security review of TikTok , some members of Congress have resolve to push for a politically - motivated Bachelor of Arts in Nursing that will do nothing to advance the national security of the United States , " a TikTok representative react in astatement check by Reuters . The company hasrecently announceda new US Data Security squad to " assure compliance with protocols being developed with the U.S. Government " .
The bill , which would see the USfollow in India ’s footstepsin banning the app , isunlikely to buy the farm . President Trump signed an executive order to ban TikTok and WeChat from the US , but that ordering was countermand by President Bidenin June 2021 .
