Biden Administration Backs New TikTok Bill, Wants Swift Passage
- Senators Warner and Thune among legislation’s co-sponsors
- Jake Sullivan calls for bill to be sent to Biden quickly
Joe Biden
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The White House endorsed a bipartisan bill that could give the president authority to ban or force a sale of TikTok, support that could hasten passage and break a deadlock over how to address privacy concerns around the popular Chinese-owned app.
The bill introduced Tuesday would give the president the ability to force the sale of foreign-owned technologies, applications, software or e-commerce platforms if they present a national security threat to US users. It doesn’t mention Beijing-based Bytedance Ltd.’s TikTok by name, but the video-sharing app, which has about 100 million users in the US, is the clear target.