White House backs bipartisan Bill that could lead to TikTok ban
- 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 its passage and break a deadlock over how to handle privacy concerns around the popular Chinese-owned app.
- Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, and Senator John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, are among co-sponsors of the legislation.
- The bill introduced yesterday 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.
- This is the first time the Biden administration has weighed in on legislation to deal with the app, which the White House says poses national security risks.
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