Senators to Introduce Bill to Add TikTok to Foreign Tech Ban

Two U.S. senators will file legislation this week that would pave the way for the government to “ban or prohibit” foreign technology businesses in the United States—including the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said.
TikTok would be “one of the potentials” for consideration under the proposed bipartisan legislation, Warner, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told “Fox News Sunday” on March 5.
Warner raised his concern that TikTok “could be a propaganda tool … to promote ideological issues” based on the types of videos it allows users to see.
According to Warner, the proposed legislation would state that “in terms of foreign technology coming into America, we’ve got to have a systemic approach to make sure we can ban or prohibit it when necessary.”…}

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