Just weeks after using the app himself, President Joe Biden promised to sign legislation prohibiting the use of TikTok in the United States, should it pass both the House and Senate. The Biden-Harris reelection campaign is among the 102.3 million active users of the Chinese-backed social app that are very popular in the US. Fearing that the Chinese Communist Party may get user data, a measure is making its way to the House floor.
Asking questions on the law when the president was about to board Air Force One. A reporter questioned him on the tarmac, "Do you still favor banning TikTok? Would you be willing to sign the bill?
The president said, "I will sign it if they pass it."
The House will consider the bill next week, according to Alex Witt's MSNBC Saturday report. Under the agreement, ByteDance, the parent firm of TikTok, would have "six months to divest the social media giant or face a U.S. ban."
With a 50-0 vote to get out of committee, the proposal had unusual bipartisan support, according to NBC News reporter Gary Grumbach.
This law would compel ByteDance to either sell TikTok to a non-Chinese firm or withdraw from the United States altogether. Congressmen are especially worried about the data that is being collected on TikTok, including what information is being gathered and what will be done with it after it is obtained.
"There is a significant number of people whose entire livelihoods are based on what they do on TikTok," Grumbach said. Consider chefs, comedians, and influencers in the lifestyle. These individuals earn millions and millions of dollars, which would all vanish if TikTok shuts down in October.
Calls and emails from users pleading with their officials not to remove the app have been inundating them. In addition to prohibitions imposed "in cities, government-affiliated workplaces, and college campuses," at least 33 states have restricted the usage of TikTok.
Asking questions on the law when the president was about to board Air Force One. A reporter questioned him on the tarmac, "Do you still favor banning TikTok? Would you be willing to sign the bill?
The president said, "I will sign it if they pass it."
The House will consider the bill next week, according to Alex Witt's MSNBC Saturday report. Under the agreement, ByteDance, the parent firm of TikTok, would have "six months to divest the social media giant or face a U.S. ban."
With a 50-0 vote to get out of committee, the proposal had unusual bipartisan support, according to NBC News reporter Gary Grumbach.
This law would compel ByteDance to either sell TikTok to a non-Chinese firm or withdraw from the United States altogether. Congressmen are especially worried about the data that is being collected on TikTok, including what information is being gathered and what will be done with it after it is obtained.
"There is a significant number of people whose entire livelihoods are based on what they do on TikTok," Grumbach said. Consider chefs, comedians, and influencers in the lifestyle. These individuals earn millions and millions of dollars, which would all vanish if TikTok shuts down in October.
Calls and emails from users pleading with their officials not to remove the app have been inundating them. In addition to prohibitions imposed "in cities, government-affiliated workplaces, and college campuses," at least 33 states have restricted the usage of TikTok.
