Republicans Request Ban on TikTok Use by Congress Members Over Security Concerns

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), along with 15 other Republicans, are urging committee leaders to restrict TikTok’s use because of security concerns.
In an April 17 letter sent to the Senate Rules Committee and the Committee on House Administration, the lawmakers requested that the app be blocked for fellow members of Congress (pdf).
“We urge you to amend the House and Senate rules to bar members of Congress from continued use of TikTok and take any other appropriate measures to mitigate the risks of this de-facto, spyware app,” the Republican lawmakers wrote.
Referring to a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on TikTok held in March, they wrote that it “became blatantly clear to the public that the China-based app is mining data and potentially spying on American citizens.”…}