{"id":1762745,"date":"2022-12-05T05:33:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T10:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762745"},"modified":"2022-12-05T05:33:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T10:33:28","slug":"house-republicans-drafting-bill-to-ban-chinese-based-tiktok-among-federal-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-drafting-bill-to-ban-chinese-based-tiktok-among-federal-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Drafting Bill To Ban Chinese-Based TikTok Among Federal Employees"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-republicans-drafting-bill-to-ban-chinese-based-tiktok-among-federal-employees%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=1762745&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>House Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and other GOP lawmakers have reportedly begun drafting a bill prohibiting federal employees from using Tiktok after federal communication officials urged the U.S. government to ban the video-sharing app to protect American citizens\u2019 private data.<\/p>\n<p>A Republican aide familiar with the matter told the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/12\/03\/exclusive-house-gop-bill-ban-tiktok-federal-government\/\">Daily Caller News Foundation<\/a> that the House Judiciary Committee is proceeding with the proposal before GOP lawmakers officially hold the majority in the next Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working on something right now,\u201d the aide told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Growing security concerns over the Chinese-based social media app have caught lawmakers\u2019 attention after the Federal Communications Commission said the government agency could not regulate the social media app and the data flow back to Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).<\/p>\n<p>Chinese tech giant ByteDance owns TikTok, which currently has more than 200 million downloads in the United States \u2014 and according to Fox Business, the company must share its data with the CCP upon request, as required by the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/beijings-new-national-intelligence-law-defense-offense\">2017 National Intelligence Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok officials responded to the FCC, saying the company remains confident that it\u2019s on a path to reaching an agreement regarding national security concerns with the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>However, leaked audio obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/emilybakerwhite\/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access\">BuzzFeed News<\/a> in June revealed that China had accessed U.S. TikTok user data for months while U.S. employees did not have access themselves. The audio covered more than 80 internal meetings at the social media company between September 2021 and January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem ordered state government employees to stop using the app immediately last week, saying the officials would have \u201cno part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party uses information that it gathers on TikTok to manipulate the American people, and they gather data off the devices that access the platform,\u201d Noem said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sd.gov\/newsitem.aspx?id=31872\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other officials in South Dakota have previously sounded the alarm about the harm the app inflicts on American children and students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikTok delivers garbage content to American students and educational content to Chinese students,\u201d Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-SD) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/south-dakota-governor-noem-blocks-state-employees-from-downloading-tiktok\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter, reacting to a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d segment on the differences between content the app promotes in the U.S. vs. in China. \u201cWe cannot trust this company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson introduced a bill in August to ban TikTok from collecting user data from American users from within the People\u2019s Republic of China. The bill would also have banned TikTok from being downloaded on federal government devices, including military installations and federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher introduced legislation last month to outright ban the app in the U.S., warning that CCP officials use the app \u201csubtly indoctrinate American citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikTok is a major threat to U.S. national security,\u201d the senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2022\/11\/icymi-rubio-and-gallagher-call-for-national-tiktok-ban\">said<\/a>, adding \u201cunless TikTok and its algorithm can be separated from Beijing, the app\u2019s use in the United States will continue to jeopardize our country\u2019s safety and pave the way for a Chinese-influenced tech landscape here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said that \u201cno company is truly private\u201d in China.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Rigolizzo contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and other GOP lawmakers have reportedly begun drafting a bill prohibiting federal employees from using Tiktok after federal communication officials urged the U.S. government to ban the video-sharing app to protect American citizens\u2019 private data. 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