{"id":1988666,"date":"2023-08-02T12:27:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-on-foreign-relations-committee-calls-for-ftc-action-against-tiktok\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:28:49","slug":"top-republican-on-foreign-relations-committee-calls-for-ftc-action-against-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-on-foreign-relations-committee-calls-for-ftc-action-against-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP foreign relations committee leader urges FTC to take action against TikTok."},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftop-republican-on-foreign-relations-committee-calls-for-ftc-action-against-tiktok%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=1988666&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--><h2>The Top\u2064 Republican Calls for\u200d Crackdown on TikTok<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The top Republican on the Foreign Relations \u2062Committee is \u200bcalling for Chairwoman Lina\u2063 Khan\u2063 and the Federal Trade\u200c Commission to crack down on TikTok \u200con <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-white-house-planning-to-refer-brad-raffensperger-to-secret-service-for-investigation-under-the-espionage-act\/\" title=\"Report: White House Planning to Refer Brad Raffensperger to Secret Service for Investigation Under the Espionage Act\">national security grounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ranking Republican member Sen. James Risch (R-ID) sent \u200da letter to the FTC on Monday outlining his fears\u200b about TikTok and asking for \u2064the agency&#8217;s response. Risch noted the company&#8217;s Chinese Communist Party connections and its censorship of sensitive subjects. \u2063The app has been a longtime \u200btarget of scrutiny from Republicans and \u200dDemocrats and faces the threat of\u2063 a ban.<\/p>\n<h3>Harris Steps into the Spotlight with Biden at the Beach<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Given its connections to\u2062 the [CCP] and the way it collections and controls personal \u2064information, \u2062TikTok poses one of the \u200bgreatest long-term threats to the health, safety,\u200c and privacy of millions of Americans,&#8221; Risch wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Idaho\u200c Republican\u200d also noted the platform&#8217;s promotion of self-harm and eating\u200d disorders and TikTok\u200c parent company ByteDance&#8217;s limiting of information related\u200b to Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai \u200band NBA player Enes Kanter\u200b Freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC will have until Oct. 30 to answer questions about the agency&#8217;s plans\u2062 for TikTok and how it \u200dintends to protect consumer data from international apps like TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC previously paid Cristina Caffarra, an expert on &#8220;competition economics&#8221; with connections \u2064to \u200dTikTok parent company ByteDance, to assist with the agency&#8217;s\u200c case against\u2062 Meta over its acquisition\u200c of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftc-orders-big-tech-to-address-surge-in-ads-promoting-scams-and-fraudulent-products\/\" title=\"FTC orders Big Tech to address surge in ads promoting scams and fraudulent products\">virtual reality developer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok faces threats from Congress and the administration over fears that \u2064it misuses \u200cdata and is \u2062controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Sens. \u200bJohn Thune \u2062(R-SD) and Mark \u2063Warner\u2062 (D-VA) introduced the RESTRICT Act, which would give \u200bthe Commerce Department additional powers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-on-foreign-relations-committee-calls-for-ftc-action-against-tiktok\/\" title=\"GOP foreign relations committee leader urges FTC to take action against TikTok.\">regulate tech business deals related<\/a> to nations\u2063 of concern,\u200d such as China or Iran. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/partners-in-crime-how-abortion-activists-are-plotting-to-subvert-state-laws\/\" title=\"Partners in Crime: How Abortion Activists Are Plotting To Subvert State Laws\">proposed outright bans<\/a> on TikTok. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced legislation forcing apps such as TikTok to show users their\u2063 country of origin. Several of these bills are being considered, but none \u2062of them have been moved to the floor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE\u2064 TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON\u200b EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House has demanded that TikTok&#8217;s\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bud-light-parent-company-sells-off-beer-brand-as-losses-mount\/\" title=\"Bud Light's parent company sells beer brand due to increasing losses.\">parent company sell<\/a> its shares in the company \u200cor face a national ban.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC did \u2063not\u200d respond \u200dto requests for comment \u2064by the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. James Risch (R-ID), the leading Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, urges Chairwoman Lina Khan and the Federal Trade Commission to take decisive action against TikTok due to national security concerns. 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