Amid growing fears that the Chinese Communist Party is spying on Americans TikTok, the U. S. Senate on Wednesday passed a law banning federal workers from accessing the Chinese-owned social media site on government-owned devices.
The U. S. House of Representatives will have to pass the law before sending it to President Joe Biden’s office.
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner has expressed his considerations for more than a year about the social networking site. Owned by ByteDance, Warner warned that Chinese corporations are, first and foremost, unwavering before the CCP.
This week, North Dakota and Iowa joined a developing list of U. S. states. U. S. officials have banned TikTok on government-issued devices. Maryland, South Dakota, Texas, Alabama and Utah are on the list. According to CNN Business, Nebraska banned TikTok from government devices. devices in 2020.
“We are disappointed that so many states are jumping on the political bandwagon to adopt policies on baseless lies on TikTok that will do nothing to advance America’s national security,” the company said Wednesday.
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act drafted by Missouri Senator Josh Hawley in 2020. Many federal agencies have already banned TikTok, adding the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.
According to MSN, the U. S. government’s foreign investment committee has been held in the U. S. government. U. S. in U. S. ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok in 2020 on the grounds that the Chinese government would have access to U. S. user data. A U. S. national security deal is in place, but that doesn’t seem imaginable in 2022. TikTok has one hundred million users.
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