People should delete the popular social media platform TikTok due to its ties to the Chinese government, according to a top House Republican.
Rep. Mike Gallagher , who has been selected to lead a new congressional committee dedicated to the U.S.-China relationship, admitted in a Sunday interview on CNN that “we don’t know” whether the Chinese government is using the app to harm U.S. children but said the risk was too great regardless.
WITH UNANIMOUS SENATE VOTE BANNING TIKTOK FROM GOVERNMENT DEVICES, THE BATTLE AGAINST THE CHINESE-OWNED VIDEO SHARING APP ESCALATES "Since a large percentage of young Americans use TikTok to get their news, whether we want them to have the ability to selectively edit that news," Gallagher explained."It's as if in 1958 — given that TikTok is on the cusp of becoming the most powerful media company in America — we would have allowed the KGB and Pravda to buy the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, all combined. I think this is a bad idea.
While the concerns about the app aren't new, there has been recent movement on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures across the country.The Senate passed a bill last week that would ban the app on government-owned devices, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's support for adding similar language to a must-pass government funding bill this week.
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