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House to Vote on Banning TikTok

HeadlineMar 13, 2024

In news from Capitol Hill, the House is expected to vote today on a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on the popular social media app TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. The bill attempts to force ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned. Backers of the bill claim TikTok poses a national security threat. On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers spoke out against the legislation. This is Congressmember Maxwell Alejandro Frost.

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost: “I am highly concerned about our data being collective and being misused by both foreign adversaries and also domestic companies. But this bill does not fix that problem, let’s be honest here. This bill doesn’t fix it.”

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