The push in Washington to restrict or ban TikTok is meeting fierce resistance from critics who say that free speech is at stake. 'We're going to be just like China and ban speech we're afraid of?' RandPaul said on the Senate floor.
Several bills have been introduced in Congress that would restrict or ban TikTok from the United States over its data collection practices and connection to China.Some members, such as Sen. Marco Rubio and Josh Hawley , have pushed for straight bans of TikTok. The legislation backed by the Biden administration, though, is the bipartisan RESTRICT Act proposed by Sens.
Paul's opposition was echoed by members of the"Squad," a group of the most liberal members of the House of Representatives, who argued that they could counter TikTok's practices with an expansive privacy plan rather than discriminating based on its Chinese affiliations. Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Jamaal Bowman have come out in support of TikTok and stated that the U.S. needs improved privacy legislation.
"Telling American citizens what websites they can visit, and what applications they can use; That's where [the ban] scares me," tech industry group NetChoice Vice President and General Counsel Carl Czabo told the Washington Examiner."That's where we draw the line."
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