{"id":1734230,"date":"2022-11-10T17:18:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T22:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734230"},"modified":"2022-11-10T17:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T22:18:45","slug":"republican-lawmakers-call-for-tiktok-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-lawmakers-call-for-tiktok-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Lawmakers Call for TikTok Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-lawmakers-call-for-tiktok-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">&#8216;That TikTok, and by extension the CCP, has the ability to survey every keystroke teenagers enter on their phones is disturbing,&#8217; argue Sen. Rubio and Rep. Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>    Sen. Marco Rubio \/ Getty Images   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/benjamin-wilson\/\" title=\"Posts by Benjamin Wilson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Benjamin Wilson<\/a> \u2022 November 10, 2022 5:15 pm  <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.) said Thursday that Chinese social media app TikTok should be banned in America, arguing the Chinese Communist Party can use it to brainwash, track, and surveil Americans.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a<em> Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/11\/10\/marco-rubio-ban-tiktok-america-china-mike-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/11\/10\/marco-rubio-ban-tiktok-america-china-mike-gallagher\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1668199357393000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3mfRcGlGF6rc-LRKKkZtVT\">op-ed<\/a>, the lawmakers detail the CCP&#8217;s access to app data and its capabilities for spying. The app has one billion monthly active users and is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessofapps.com\/data\/most-popular-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.businessofapps.com\/data\/most-popular-apps\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1668199357393000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2lNK5BMlaZBrWkGVi1NqgB\">most<\/a> downloaded app in the United States.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. This is not a state-owned enterprise, but in China, no company is truly private,&#8221; they wrote, adding that companies are required to share data with the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The app has censored references to the Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/un-takes-almost-a-year-to-say-that-chinas-genocide-could-be-a-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/un-takes-almost-a-year-to-say-that-chinas-genocide-could-be-a-crime\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1668199357393000&#038;usg=AOvVaw322Io_JN0uyn2atefNijIg\">genocide<\/a> of Uyghurs and the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TikTok, and its parent company ByteDance, control one of America&#8217;s central news sources, which could serve as a vehicle for indoctrination, they argue.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The app also has many built-in features that allow it to collect the data and locations of users, including sensitive national security information.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;That TikTok, and by extension the CCP, has the ability to survey every keystroke teenagers enter on their phones is disturbing,&#8221; the two lawmakers wrote. &#8220;With this app, Beijing could also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/unpacking-tiktok-mobile-apps-and-national-security-risks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/unpacking-tiktok-mobile-apps-and-national-security-risks&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1668199357393000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0nxpJLdZrGG8jlXrtvjJVI\">collect<\/a> sensitive national security information from U.S. government employees and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/12\/23\/china-tech-giants-process-stolen-data-spy-agencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/12\/23\/china-tech-giants-process-stolen-data-spy-agencies\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1668199357393000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3POAC4XE--6SWf2dnqgZ0L\">develop profiles<\/a> on millions of Americans to use for blackmail or espionage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rubio and Gallagher said they will introduce legislation to ban the app in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.) said Thursday that Chinese social media app TikTok should be banned in America, arguing the Chinese Communist Party can use it to brainwash, track, and surveil Americans.<br \/>\nThe post Republican Lawmakers Call for TikTok Ban appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1467,"featured_media":1734233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}