{"id":2198301,"date":"2024-03-13T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-cracking-down-on-chinese-owned-tiktok\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:39:00","slug":"house-passes-bill-cracking-down-on-chinese-owned-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-cracking-down-on-chinese-owned-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"House approves bill targeting Chinese-owned 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\">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%2Fhouse-passes-bill-cracking-down-on-chinese-owned-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=2198301&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>House of Representatives Passes Bill to Crack Down on TikTok<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      \u2063  \u200b   FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is \u200cdisplayed on \u2062a\u2063 smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The House of Representatives delivered a resounding\u2064 blow to the Chinese-owned app TikTok \u200bon Wednesday, \u200bas it overwhelmingly\u2063 passed a bill aimed at cracking down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-testifies-before-house-judiciary-committee\/\" title=\"FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before House Judiciary Committee\">popular social media platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Mike Gallagher&#8217;s (R., Wis.) Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications \u200bAct \u200crepresents the most aggressive action Congress has taken\u2063 against TikTok. \u2064The bill, which\u200c received \u200d352 votes in favor, 65 against, and \u20621 abstention, would compel TikTok&#8217;s Chinese\u200c parent company,\u2062 ByteDance, to divest from it. Failure to do so\u2064 would result\u200b in\u200b the federal government prohibiting\u2063 American app stores from carrying the platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This bill would force a separation,&#8221; Gallagher emphasized during\u200d an interview on Fox News. &#8220;The core concern lies in the ownership structure. As long as TikTok remains under the control of ByteDance, a company undeniably tied\u2064 to the Chinese Communist Party, there is a risk that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-lance-gooden-republicans-urge-u-s-olympic-committee-to-block-athletes-from-using-digital-yuan\/\" title=\"Exclusive - Rep. Lance Gooden, Republicans Urge U.S. Olympic Committee to Block Athletes from Using Digital Yuan\">primary adversary<\/a> will \u200ccontrol the flow of news in America. This bill is\u2062 like \u200ba\u200c surgical procedure designed to remove the tumor and save the patient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the bill have also raised national \u2064security concerns regarding TikTok, which is already banned on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-governor-noem-blocks-state-employees-from-downloading-tiktok\/\" title=\"South Dakota Governor Noem Blocks State Employees From Downloading TikTok\">federal government devices<\/a>. However, TikTok argues that the bill would negatively impact small\u200d businesses and infringe upon freedom of expression rights.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the\u2062 vote,\u2063 the company stated on X, &#8220;<span>This process was secretive, and the bill was \u200brushed through \u2062for one reason: to\u2063 ban TikTok. We hope that\u200c the Senate will \u200ccarefully consider\u2064 the facts, listen to their \u200dconstituents, and \u2062recognize the detrimental impact on\u200d the economy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-minimum-wage-increase-in-next-covid-relief-bill-republicans-warn-the-minimum-wage-increase-will-kill-small-businesses\/\" title=\"No minimum wage increase in next COVID-relief bill, Republicans warn the minimum wage increase will kill small businesses\">7 million small businesses<\/a>, and the\u200b 170 million Americans who use \u200cour service.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>TikTok has also claimed that many lawmakers have described \u2064the bill as a ban on\u2062 the \u200capp and have \u2062openly expressed their goal to ban the \u2064platform.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the \u200bHouse Committee on\u200b Energy and Commerce unanimously voted \u2063to advance \u2064the bill, while \u200dTikTok\u200d urged its users to\u200d contact their congressional representatives and urge \u200dthem to \u2062vote against it.<\/p>\n<p>The bill will now \u200cproceed to the Senate \u200cfor a vote, where it\u2064 is expected to pass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives passed a bill targeting TikTok, dealing a major blow to the Chinese-owned app. The legislation, proposed by Rep. Mike Gallagher, aims to protect Americans from foreign adversary-controlled applications. 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